Social Venture Builder
Training and accredited learning
The University of Northampton has developed the Social Venture Builder (SVB), a programme created to provide a balanced mix of support and skills development for organisations focused on social innovation to effect positive social change, and designed to help social innovators develop their ideas, open up new networks and build leadership skills.
Individuals or organisations are invited to submit ideas that have the potential to change the way public services are provided - solutions that address social problems in new and innovative ways; ventures that are looking to grow, open up new markets, or change their trading delivery model to increase their impact.
The SVB not only serves to improve the marketability of a social venture, but also addresses the investment potential of the organisation, as well as developing the skills of the innovators and entrepreneurs on the programme by linking enterprise development to an accredited postgraduate qualification, the MA Social Innovation.
For more information on the Social Venture Builder incubation programme, follow this link.