Level Up Your Business for Impact

Are you a social enterprise or mission-driven business in Hackney looking to scale?

Join a free 6-week programme designed to help you do just that. Allia has supported social impact businesses for over 25 years - and we want to share that expertise.

Whether you’re delivering small-scale commissions, running a micro-enterprise, community project or trading and grant-funded, this programme equips you with the tools, confidence, and networks to grow sustainably and strengthen your impact.

Your Pathway to Success

By joining the programme, you will:

• Submit grant-ready funding applications tailored to live opportunities.

• Develop financial modelling and cashflow forecasts to plan growth

• Strengthen your Theory of Change to communicate your vision and values

• Build impact reports to demonstrate outcomes to funders and stakeholders

• Apply AI tools to streamline operations and improve efficiency

• Expand your networks through peer learning and collaboration

Who Should Apply?

Grow Social Enterprise is for you if you:

• Run an impact business or social enterprise

• Are ambitious and values-driven

• Need strategic clarity on sustainable growth in the current economic climate

• Are seeking investment readiness or struggling to communicate your impact to funders

We Want To Work With You

Our programme is open to all eligible founders in Hackney, and we’re especially passionate about creating opportunities for those from under-represented and underserved communities. We particularly welcome applications from ventures led by LGBTQIA+, Kurdish/Charedi, women-led, and global majority-led entrepreneurs. We’re committed to making sure these founders have access to the support, networks, and opportunities they deserve to bring their ideas to life.

Programme Details

• Start Date: Thursday 23rd October

• Dates: Thursdays, 10am – 12pm

• Duration: 6 weeks

• Format: In-person sessions at Smokehouse Studio, Area Noir, 2-16 Bayford Street, London, E8 3SE.

• Cost: Free