What is it?
  • Everything you need to know about self employment or starting a business
  • Practical options available to you now to explore being your own boss
  • Provides you with the resources to make it happen
What will I get from the day?
  • Inspiration from graduates who have set up a business or are self employed themselves
  • Help to explore whether self employment or starting a business is suitable for you
  • Opportunity to take up a free place in a 12 month programme of support to help you into self employment or successfully set up and run a business
  • Learn how to identify and develop an idea
  • Evaluate your idea and learn how it could be taken forward
  • Turn your passion into profit
What will happen on the day?
  • We start with inspiration
  • Workshops to explore three areas:
    • Self Employment and Starting a Business - what it's all about
    • Ideas Creation - how to take forward your idea or create and develop one
    • What local and national resources and available to you?
  • Meet like-minded people and experts who can support you
You will leave with a practical route forward and a designated support team.
Who will be there?
National and local partners will be there from Government, NCGE (National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship), universities, business support organisations and also:
Scotswood Suite
Centre for Life
Times Square
Newcsatle
NE1 4EP
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