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Build: Not for Profit Programme

Programme Overview  

As part of Business Growth Dorset’s Build: Not for Profit programme, Dorset Chamber delivered a programme of support Alternative Business Models Organisations across Dorset including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Aimed at trustees, directors, chairs, treasurers and founders of Dorset-based charities, social enterprises, mutuals, cooperatives and BCorps, the programme featured the following: 

  • Networking Launch Event 

  • Expert-led workshops on finance, governance, leadership, risk and resilience 

  • Specialist sessions on AI for impact and cyber security 

  • A Dorset-wide peer learning network to share challenges and solutions 

  • Practical resources from trusted organisations 

The video features: 

  • Shelley Collins-Trevett, Business Growth Dorset 

  • Paul Newman, Dorset Visual Arts 

  • Tom Lund, Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 

  • Gareth Sherwood, YMCA  

  • Ian Girling, Dorset Chamber  

Programme Leadership 

The programme was conceived by Shelley Collins-Trevett, Head of Business Growth & Inward Investment at Business Growth Dorset and was designed and delivered by Dorset Chamber. 

Video Highlights 

  • Shelley Collins-Trevett and Ian Girling provide an overview of the programme, what it entails and how it fits with the Growth Hub funding from Department for Business and Trade 

  • Some beneficiaries of the programme share some of the challenges of running an organisation with an Alternative Business Model and the benefits to them of engaging with the programme 

  • General shots of the programme and the beneficiary organisations 

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