Nikita Gicanda Vervelde facilitating a practical enterprise workshop with Haringey participants

Haringey · Inclusive enterprise development

Entrepreneurial wellbeing and capacity building

Practical business support, trusted relationships and wellbeing-centred learning for local founders and community organisations.

PlaceHaringey, London

Reach74+ entrepreneurs

CapabilityTraining · Mentoring · Organisational support

Delivery35+ hours of support

Local founders and community organisations needed practical business knowledge, individual guidance and a trusted space to work through the personal pressures that often sit behind organisational growth.

Design inclusive masterclasses around business development and entrepreneurial wellbeing.
Facilitate group learning, peer connection and community-building.
Provide tailored one-to-one support to founders and organisational leaders.
Extend delivery when participant need exceeded the original commissioned scope.

Masterclasses, socials and wellbeing-centred enterprise learning.
More than 35 hours of support against an initial 15-hour commission.
One-to-one guidance for at least 25 participants.
Practical support connected to funding, programme development and organisational growth.

Haringey founders and community leaders sharing experience in a Local Champions panel discussion — Public conversations gave founders and community leaders space to challenge, contribute and learn from one another.

A community audience taking part in a Local Champions Haringey discussion — Learning moved beyond formal workshops into welcoming local spaces built for connection.

Haringey participants presenting their thinking during a Local Champions business workshop — Participants tested ideas, presented their thinking and received practical peer challenge.

Results and evidence

74+entrepreneurs reachedLocal founders and community leaders took part in masterclasses, socials or tailored support.

35+hours deliveredGroup learning, community activity and individual guidance delivered across the commission.

25+people receiving 1-to-1 supportParticipants received advice shaped around their own business or organisational challenge.

2×+original commissioned hoursDelivery expanded beyond the initial 15-hour scope in response to participant need.

What the work shows

Capacity building works when participants are treated as whole people. Practical tools matter, but so do confidence, belonging, trusted challenge and support that responds to what emerges.

“Local Champions gave me an opportunity to grow and develop myself to a position I would never have imagined. I have a newfound confidence and can bring so much more to the organisation I support.”

Stephen Antoine · Our Forgotten Neighbours

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