FreelanceHER 100 Programme guide
• Turn your talents into a second income?
• Take a side hustle to the next level?
• Prepare to work for yourself?
• Learn new entrepreneurial skills in a supportive space?
• Meet a community of likeminded people?
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FreelanceHER 100 is a 6-week enterprise kickstarter delivered by HOST for women aspiring to launch their own sustainable businesses across Greater Manchester. It’s a safe space to explore entrepreneurial ideas, ask questions and discover the basics of starting up.
About HOST
At HOST, the Home of Skills & Technology, we champion entrepreneurship.
Operated by IN4 Group, an award-winning digital technology skills and training provider, we are experts in delivering transformative programmes that empower people to create extraordinary enterprises. We’ve worked with hundreds of women from all walks of life, with varied experiences, backgrounds and perspectives.
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FREELANCEHER 100
In June, we’re launching the next phase of our award-winning FreelanceHER 100 programme. This is an exclusive, fully funded opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs in Greater Manchester to explore new freelance opportunities and sharpen their side hustles.
Delivered online, this 6-week programme is an exciting, easy-to-access and flexible opportunity for anyone from Greater Manchester who selfidentifies as a woman or non-binary to learn the ropes of starting their own enterprise.
The programme will support 100 potential entrepreneurs, granting them with direct access to a community of like-minded women ready
to benefit from a series of interactive online workshops and peer mentoring.
Our bespoke curriculum recognises the strengths and needs of the potential entrepreneur community and provides a unique, fully-funded opportunity to learn, collaborate and unlock new ways of working.
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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
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Workshop Date Embracing Your Inner Entrepreneur 25th June Start-Up Essentials: Your Guide To Getting Going 2nd July Together We Thrive – Peer Mentor Session 1 w/c 9th July Money Made Simple: Finance For Beginners 16th July Find Your Next Customer: Marketing Your Business 23d July Together We Thrive – Peer Mentor Session 2 w/c 30th July
FreelanceHER 100 begins on 25TH JUNE 2024
BY 20TH JUNE
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APPLY
TESTIMONIALS
Chi-chi Ekweozor Founder of Attendist
Sector
Digital | AI business platform
Mission
To integrate with existing event and marketing tools to help busy marketers identify leads from events and measure return on investment with just one click
“The FreelanceHER 100 experience is both hugely empowering and pragmatically practical. Learning with likeminded individuals means the enthusiasm and passion stays high, and stoked, and it really feels like you are being given every reason to fly! There is some really valuable business support to be had as well. It’s a shame it’s come to an end.”
“A brilliant way to chat
and
meet other
like-minded women. It has left me feeling
a lot more supported and empowered. A must do programme for those wanting to expand their network and learn a few things along the way.”
Catherine Makin Khan Founder of Makin Studios
Sector
Creative | Design
Mission
To encompass and intertwine identity, communication and space, blending practicality and personality, to create design that unlocks the potential of a brand
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Jennifer Pennington Founder of Seasons
Wellbeing and Psychological Therapies
Sector
Health and wellbeing | Mental health
Mission
To improve wellbeing for all and make it accessible for everyone through counselling and psychotherapy as a highly qualified therapist, facilitating workshops online and creating an online psychology programme
“The FreelanceHER 100 team gave me a lot to think about, they were very encouraging and this made me feel super comfortable. Since we’ve spoken I’ve pivoted my idea and have a much better understanding of where to take my technology next.”
“It felt like someone had thrown a pebble in the pond when I first started and every idea and challenge to accelerate my business came to the surface, which I found overwhelming at first. This is exactly what I needed to take the first step. After some workshops on goal setting and mentoring through FreelanceHER 100, I was able to prioritise what I needed to do, and I moved forward much quicker than I would have ever done without the programme.”
Judy Leung Co-Founder of Sweqlink
Sector
Software | Marketplace
Mission
Supporting entrepreneurs and markers to find business partners, and startup projects by trading time and sweat equity
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