The document outlines various sources of funding, grants, loans, and support available for businesses and entrepreneurs in Wales, including: - Grants from Bright Ideas Den (£1000), Fairwood Trust (£5000), and UnLtd (£500-£15,000) - Startup loans up to £25,000 at 6% interest - Funding for training and development through WEFO and Creative Industries - Business support programs through Business Wales, BEST-Cardiff Met, and various schemes for broadband access, IP advice, and more - Growth programs including workshops, mentoring, and funding through schemes like the Enterprise Finance Scheme

1. Funding & Finance
Lisa Marie Brown MCIM

2. Funding
Social Media

3. Goal Setting:
 Any professional or personal goals you
would like to achieve in the next 6 months

4. Funding
 Bright Ideas Den £1000
 Fairwood Trust Scholarship £5000
 UnLtd ‘ Social Entrepreneurs’£500- £15,000
 Big Lottery’ Awards for All’ £5000
 Start Up Loans Scheme up to £25,000 at 6%
 Funding for Creative Industries through Welsh
Government
 www.bigideaswales.com
 WEFO Funding for Training & Development

5. Support and Funding
 Business wales
 High potential starts
 Graduate bursary £6000
 Entrepreneur bursary 18-24 £6000
 Start Up Loans scheme 6% - £25,000
 Creative Skillset Talent fund- £10,000

6. Business Support
 Business support
 BEST- Cardiff Met
 Digido- digital library
 HPC Wales
 E-business support- migrate to cloud, CRM,
 Broadband Access- various schemes to reduce
costs
 IP advice -5k on consultancy innovation vouchers
 Business in Focus
 Communities 2.0 wales coop

7. Growth
 Business Wales- Growth workshops 7 free
 Enterprise Finance Scheme
 Professional &Career Development Loans
 Business Mentoring
 Supplier development service – SDS
 Sell to Wales
 Repayable business Finance - big jobs- 5 jobs
or more.. Towards salary or production costs
 Creative Services Framework
 Construction Fund- Edwina Hart grant of 50%
 International Funding 50%
travel/accommodation.
 Work in collaberation

8. Project Funding
 Digital Development Fund- 50k grant new
projects. private match, - 4-6 wks Distribution
deals or directors loan. 2 sides Smart Cymru -
matched R&D, 60% towards costs prototypes
 Innovation Vouchers- 25k matched, R&D
 CRISP - preparing bids to TSB
 NESTA & TSB - innovative projects
 SBRI competitions 100% funded to solve
problems
 KTP- Knowledge transfer 75% funded /
business programmes
 Crowd sourcing – Kick Starter

9. More
 Graduate Entrepreneur Bursary £6,000 if you
turnover £80,000
 Community Grant SEWCED -Up to £25,000
100% grant. Regen Team
regen@rctcbc.gov.uk
 Town Centre Building Improvement Grant-
£15,000 60% match
 LIF-Local Investment Fund £1500 50% match
 Capital Equipment
 ICT Equipment
 Development of websites
 Marketing materials
 External and internal building works and
alterations

10. Hidden Secrets to Social
Media – The Process
Step 1
•Develop your brand & business
•Deliver projects and capture photos or film
•Market & promote on social media
•Take time to promote 5-7 hours a week
Step 2
•Write story, blog, articles, awards submissions ‘get noticed’
•Take part in radio and TV
•Get local features in magazines, newspapers, call the media, , apply to competitions
Step 3
•Put yourself and your business on social media channels, website, VMP Pioneers
•Create short films of your work, re-tweet relevant links and encourage celebrities to re-tweet your comments
•Get others to write about you: Dell, Start Up Britain, Virgin Media
•Twitter- Get followers, link into high profile business events and celebrities
•Re-tweet and comment on Richard Branson posts, peter Jones
•Richard Branson added me on Linkedin and invited to become an Ambassador
•Story covered by Virgin Media and released to 20 million people worldwide
•Helps to add brand value and increase sales
•Finalist for Peoples Millions featured on ITV in a bid to win £50,000
•Feature on BBC

11. What Happened Next:
 Worked with and met Richard Branson
 Helped over 4000 young people
 Helped 40 Start Up businesses
 Met Tim Campbell and featured on BBC, ITV
 Worked with Kevin Mccloud ‘ Grand Designs’
 Media starts writing about you
 Appointed as Ambassador by VMP story seen
by 20 million people
 Rising Star Business Insider sponsored Coutts
 Finalist for Peoples Millions featured on ITV
 Feature on Prime Time TV BBC and ITV
 Interest to speak on an global stage France
and America
 Show casing ‘Design Factor’ film in Leicester
square GEW, London to a global audience

12. Business Mentoring/Surgeries
 We offer free half an hour business
surgeries with experts to help you start up
 Access to other Start Up training ‘
Freelance, Tax, Branding & Marketing’
 Book by emailing
brightideas@southwales.ac.uk

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