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Big Venture Challenge – Launch of New Competition

 
The Big Venture Challenge is a new competition to find the 25 most ambitious social entrepreneurs in England. The competition is being operated by UnLtd, with funding from the Big Lottery Fund and the Millennium Awards Trust. It is designed to help the most ambitious social entrepreneurs successfully scale up their ventures.Winners of the Big Venture Challenge will receive an initial £25,000 and the chance to access up to £150,000 of seed investment if matched by loans or equity from co-investors. Winners will also receive access to three years of one-to-one business support and mentoring and networking opportunities, designed to keep pace with high growth social entrepreneurs.

Eligible applicants are those who are:

  • aged 16+ on the date of application;
  • the founders of the venture; and
  • based in England.

Interested parties may register their interest now to receive an application form by email. The competition opens to applications on 9 May 2011. Winners will be announced on 20 September 2011.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 30 June 2011.
 
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