Support for Women Wanting to Start a Business
A newly launched series of business support tailored to the needs of aspiring female entrepreneurs has been launched by MENTA Business Support across Norfolk and Suffolk. The WoMenta project is aimed specifically at supporting aspiring female entrepreneurs by giving them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to take the next steps towards starting their own business, or those who’ve recently started but have not had any formal support.
The programme will include training, 1:1 support and insights from female entrepreneurs sharing their experiences and top tips, as well as access to a wealth of other useful resources to help start, run, and grow a business. MENTA are delighted to be running this programme under its WoMENTA brand.
MENTA is working with NatWest Business and able to offer this business support FREE of charge.
The blended training and support will be delivered across live online sessions as well as at events across Norfolk and Suffolk, the first two of these events are coming up in Felixstowe on September 5 @Inc on Hamilton Road from 5.30pm and then on September 6 at the Millennium Library in Norwich from 10.30am
Each session will include an overview of the programme, the pros and cons of self-employment and we’ll be joined by Heidi Franklin, Director of award-winning business ‘Wild Play’ sharing her experiences of starting a business and the challenges women face. There will also be an opportunity to meet like-minded women and form peer support relationships.
Heidi of Wild Play Ltd said “Of course there are challenges in life/work balance when working, let alone running a business, we all have those, this programme of support has been designed by women for women and this project has already seen established female business leaders sign up to help and support the next generation of female business owners – just having a network of likeminded women is such a positive result”
Want to know more and learn how to join the programme of support. Email: 121@menta.org.uk and sign up.