Ever wanted to start your own business or social enterprise? Join The Agency and turn your passion into a real-life project.
The Agency works with young people from the Moston and Harpurhey areas of Manchester and the Clapham Junction and Battersea areas of London, in collaboration with Battersea Arts Centre.
Your idea can be about anything you like, from a boxing workshop to a music festival or a film project, as long as you can demonstrate how it inspires positive change in your community.
You’ll be invited to pitch your idea to a panel of experts and, if successful, be given £2000 to turn your passion into a project, business or social enterprise, as well as professional support and guidance to help you succeed.
TO APPLY FOR 2017-18 (FROM 1 AUGUST) CLICK HERE
We have published an interim report on the progress of The Agency in Manchester and London to date. CLICK HERE TO VIEW.
In 2016 Agency participants from Manchester and London presented to politicians and policy-makers at the Houses of Parliament, speaking about their projects and the impact of the programme on their communities. The project was also the focus of a major Telegraph article: How the Rio Slums inspired a startup Revolution.
The Agency is funded by the Big Lottery and the founding funder was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
