Strategic Partners
Key corporate, government and education stakeholders in Impact Hub Birmingham and our Mission
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Open Desk (Furniture/Fit Out):
Open sourced furniture and office solutions – globally designed and locally makeable. As part of our shareholders the team will provide us advice on collaborative space design, support our co design events,and this will be at cost reducing our start up costs.
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Project 00 (Architects):
Zero zero is a collaborative studio of architects, strategic designers, programmers, social scientists, economists and urban designers. We have secured a strong partnership as shareholders most of the work done for the project will be at cost, saving us a vast amount in start.
Haworth (Furniture):
Office furniture suppliers, we have secured a sponsorship deal meaning favourable payment terms and 45% discount for our furniture order, again reducing our start up costs.
Civic Systems Lab (Civic Innovation Programmes):
A combination of programme delivery and evaluation exploring ways of instigating civic development. We will run an accelerator programme with CSL based in the Hub in our first 6 months.
UnLtd (Funding Partner):
A funding body in England supporting and investing in social entrepreneurs at all stages. They have provided some team seed funding for us to explore the idea, we will continue to access their flexible grant funding to develop the team, Impact Hub Birmingham & create a pipeline of potential social entrepreneurs.