Introduction to SEEA - a not-for-profit enterprise and employability academy. our mission is simple: the sustainable development of societies through the creation and growth of new businesses and meaningful employment.

1. Enterprise & Employability
“Focusing on the sustainable development of
societies through the creation and growth of new
businesses and meaningful employment”

2. Social Enterprise
A not-for-profit organization, providing appliedlearning services to the public sector (central & local
government, health, housing and education)

3. Enterprise & Employability
“Enterprise Academy”
Mentor-led program:
Enterprise workshops
„Engine Room‟ incubator
Seed funding
On-the-ground support &
advice
Growth funding
TRAINING
Enterprise
MENTORING
INCUBATION
FUNDING
“Employability Academy”
TRAINING
Employability
MENTORING
INCUBATION
EMPLOYMENT
Mentor-led program:
CV writing
Job searching
Career planning
Interview preparation
Negotiate employment terms
In-job training & mentoring

4. Enterprise Academy
Enterprise
Enterprise 101
Workshops, accelerator weekends and „pitch for incubation‟
Applied Enterprise
Workshops, accelerator weekends and „pitch for acceleration‟
Female Enterprise
Workshops, accelerator weekends and „pitch for acceleration‟
Enterprise Accelerator
Workshops, mentoring and a pitch to an international network of
investors

5. Sample Curriculum
Enterprise 101
Enterprise
Enterprise
MONTH ONE
Introduction to Enterprise
Traits of the entrepreneur
Risks& benefits of enterprise
Financial risks
Structuring the enterprise
MONTH TWO
Funding the enterprise
4 Ps
Customer retention
Sales plans
Pitching for funding
Accelerator
Seminars, workshops, mentoring
Spark Weekend
Seminars, workshops, mentoring
Pitching event

6. Employability Academy
Employability
Employability 101
Workshops, mentor-led incubator, accelerator weekends and a
final „pitch for employment‟
Work Ethics
Workshops around the subject of work ethics – how to be a
valuable employee
Flexible Development
Supported by their mentor, the employee is able to build training
pathways
The Engine Room
Dedicated recruitment consultancy sourcing
jobs for SEEA graduates

7. Sample Curriculum
Employability 101
Employability
MONTH ONE
Introduction to Employability
Traits of the employee
Types of employment
Emotional intelligence
CV writing
MONTH TWO
Job searches
Personal branding
Finding hidden jobs
Interview skills
Pitching for work
Accelerator
Seminars, workshops, mentoring
Spark Weekend
Seminars, workshops, mentoring
Pitching to employers

8. „The Engine Room‟
Incubation
Incubating Enterprise & Employability
Mentor-led environment
Collaborative-working space
Applying lessons learned in workshops
Links to commercial, academic and public sector organizations
Links to community
Network of local & regional incubators
Development of flexible learning programs

9. Sample Programs
Employability
Employability 101 program delivered to cohort of vocational
learners in the petrochemical industry in Africa
Work Ethics program delivered to employees in Middle East,
Europe and Africa
Corporate Effectiveness programs delivered to employees in
Middle East
Flexible Development program for entrepreneurs, jobseekers and
employees in Middle East

10. Sample Programs
Enterprise
Enterprise 101 program delivered to cohorts of vocational
learners to enable creation of micro-businesses in Africa
The Engine Room to create a cashew nut co-operative in Africa
Applied Enterprise program delivered to entrepreneurs in Africa
and Europe
Enterprise Accelerator program delivered to high-growth potential
entrepreneurs in America

11. Clients
EDUCATION
Gazelle Group
Highbury College
Özyeğin University
Solihull College
Qatar University
University of London
Wayland Academy
West Nottingham College
HOUSING
Coast & Country Housing
Hyde Housing
GOVERNMENT
Cherwell District Council
London Borough of Croydon
London Borough of Harrow
Worcestershire County Council
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
Activ8Change
Grupo Guayacan
Nigerian Presidential Amnesty
Program

12. Reinvesting the profits
Profits are invested into the Engine Room for seed
and growth capital as well as donated to local
children‟s charities.