This event is only available and is FREE for Bath & North East Somerset residents.
Transform your passion for caring for others into a fulfilling self-employment opportunity!
Join us for a workshop led by industry experts Michael Auton from Community Catalysts and Cool Ventures, where you’ll learn how to start working for yourself by supporting people in their homes or in the community.
This workshop is perfect for you if you want to earn a living from making a difference in the lives of older and disabled people.
Background in professional care is not required! You can offer services such as companionship, personal care, overnight care, home help & housekeeping such as laundry, shopping, cleaning, gardening, hairdressing, dog walking – all sorts of services. Additionally mobile services offering support for health such as nail or foot care.
If you have a passion to work with people and want to be your own boss, this event will give you the knowledge, resources and confidence you will need to set up.
What we will cover:
🗣 Presentation by Michael Auton – Community Catalysts
- Introduction to Community Catalysts
- Overview of the Development Programme
- Understanding homecare as a sole trader
- Meeting the Doing it Right Standards
- Promoting your service via Small Good Stuff
💼 Presentation by Emma Smith – Cool Ventures (Start-Up Expert)
- Assessing viability – will my idea work
- Finding funding
- Choosing a business name
- Introduction to sole trader registration and reporting
- Top tips
Who should attend?
Any Bath & North East Somerset residents exploring ideas about becoming self-employed and starting a business in home care.
A bit about your presenters:
Community Catalysts help local people use their energies and talents to form sustainable community enterprises that can support other local people, creating jobs and volunteering opportunities. Michael Auton, the project lead in the B&NES area, has worked in the charity sector for over 30 years, the last 10 years running his own Fundraising and Marketing consultancy.
Emma Smith is Cool Ventures business start-up expert who runs a number of businesses and has been advising individuals on how to start and run a successful business and obtain funding for over a decade
Essential information:
Please note, this workshop will be held on Zoom.
Your booking for this webinar is provisional until you have enrolled for the free Business Support Service. Enrolment is via a short online form – if you are not enrolled already, a link will be emailed directly to you.
Once enrolled, you will receive the Zoom webinar link and password to join the call. Do ensure you join the webinar at least 5 minutes before the scheduled start time.
If you are unable to attend this event, we require at least 2 working days notice for cancellations to enable us to offer your place to someone else. We reserve the right to cancel your place if you are not eligible for this service.
All participants of the service are eligible to receive up to 12 hours of free support. This equates to a maximum of 4 events per participant. Funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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