Business Launchpad is a unique project delivered by Wandsworth Youth Enterprise Centre and supported by the Wandworth Borough Council, Get all those double checked out with Michael please… there have been some changes

The aim of the project is to help local young people explore the idea of self employment. We the outreach workers make sure that as many people as possible hear about launchpad and all that it offers. We try to reach out to those that may have never considered self employment in the past by arranging workshops at various venues which could be schools, colleges, youth centre’s, the job centre; anywhere where there are young people present!

The Business Counsellors are there to help you find all the information you want, you even get free training if you need it! This way you can get help to structure your ideas properly and make a living from it. Once you’re involved with us you’ll be able to take advantage of the FREE support and exciting workshops we deliver. You’ll also be able to network and meet other like minded people who are already on the road to developing their idea or who already have a business set up.

Check out ‘get involved’ to see what to do next.

“I’ve got a team of people at launchpad who help me - which is perfect …It’s almost unbelievable!"
Sara Sarderizaden

Wandsworth Youth Enterprise is developing and operating the businesslaunchpad project in conjunction with local young people and the Prince’s Trust. The launchpad project is also supported by Wandsworth Borough Council, through the London Development Agency’s Single Regeneration Budget.

Wandsworth Youth Enterprise delivers a range of business start up services for young people aged 16-30. This support is provided to help you to consider whether self-employment could be a viable option for you and, if appropriate, help you to start up and develop your own business.

Services include:

	Free introductory workshops
	Free Pre-Start-Up and Post-Start-Up business counselling and advice
	Free business planning and skills workshops
	Help in finding money, including grants and low cost loans, to start your business
	Subsidised business premises and business address service

For further information call 020 8516 7700 or visit www.wyec.org.uk

The Prince’s Trust offers practical solutions to help young people get their lives working. It does this through working in partnership with many organisations, such as Wandsworth Youth Enterprise. The Trust has a range of programmes to offer young people and for all those programmes its focus is on those young people who are:

	Educational underachievers (including young people with low basic skills, those truanting and those excluded from school).
	Offenders and ex-offenders, including serving prisoners.
	Unemployed; particularly those out of work for six months or more.
	In or leaving care.

For further information on the Trust’s Business Programme or any other programme, call free, on 0800 842 842 or visit www.princes-trust.org.uk

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