LEAP is a free business start-up programme delivered by Edeal in association with Eastbourne Borough Council. The programme is fully funded by the UK Government via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; this intensive business support programme offers a £2,500 prize in the form of a grant to one lucky winner!
Attendance at a business start-up workshop, which can be either a physical one-day workshop or an online workshop across 2 days. Places are limited and are taken on a first come, first served basis.
Following the workshop, up to 20 selected candidates will be allocated a dedicated business mentor who will work with them to produce a strong business plan. They will also attend four 3-hour workshops on Finance, Marketing, Legal and Social Media Marketing. Again, these workshops will be delivered in person and online.
The completed business plans will be submitted and judged, and five finalists will be selected to present their plans to the judges at a mini–Dragons Den event where a winner will be chosen. The winner will be announced at an awards event where they will win a cash prize of £2,500.
Additional mentoring support is available to help candidates launch their new business.
There are a limited number of places available on this programme, you must register for the programme via this link. A member of the Edeal team will then contact you with further information.
The LEAP Programme was well run and organised. Well-structured with a good pace. And I still cannot believe it was free!
The Edeal advisor was friendly, approachable, professional; the advisor treated our tentative idea with respect, which in turn has given us an extra boost to continue.
Everything was so clear and well delivered, thought provoking and inspiring.
The business advisor understood the support I needed at the time of the meeting and gave me the reassurance and confidence to pursue my strategy development programme.
I was feeling overwhelmed by the whole process (especially financial side) and didn’t know where to start. The advisor was great at putting everything into an orderly structure and guiding me in the right direction.
I found the business advisor very intuitive and can read a person very well, this in turn made it easy to connect and understand what we were discussing.