Training

The training we offer

Do you work with the unemployed, offenders, ex-offenders, people with mental or physical disabilities, BAME groups, women entrepreneurs or lone parents who need transformative support to become self-employed?
Is your company making people redundant due to Covid19 and needs help supporting your staff to become self-employed?
Does your organisation need a remote, fit for purpose, self-employment programme under the current restrictions?

If so, you are in the right place for our self-employment training programme
As the job market becomes more competitive, it is going to be increasingly more difficult to access traditional employment, so self-employment is becoming more of an attractive option
This can only be achieved if participants are given the right support, to enable them to become sustainably self-employed
At Enterprise Exchange our mission is to help people with additional barriers start a business to change their lives for the better
We use practical, cutting edge, state of the art technology to deliver our programmes across different formats and platforms
Take a look at our augmented reality self-employment workbook, which can be used by simply downloading a free app to your phone or tablet
Our workbooks are created by Essential Business, who are industry leaders in self-employment support
We also provide an effective action planning tool in the form of a journal by Sam Kotadia to support participants once they are up and running.

"So far the course is amazing, it’s opened my eyes to so much more and prepared me more than I ever thought would be possible and I’m looking forward to the rest of the sessions and help to further my knowledge before my business idea becomes a reality."
Self-employment course participant, Surrey

Are you an organisation looking to do something radically different and exciting to support your employees?
Are you looking to improve staff motivation and at the same time give something back to society?
Would you like your staff to have a CPD qualification in Leadership and Mentoring?

Our unique Management Development Programme ticks all those boxes
It is tried and tested over 10 years with corporates such at Legal & General and John Lewis
Our pioneering approach increases staff retention, leads to higher productivity, enhances the leadership and mentoring skills of managers and produces tangible corporate social responsibility outputs.

"High quality training/experiential learning which equips mentors not only for mentoring but also brings those skills back in house, which adds value and informs their day job. This programme supports our behaviours e.g. ‘taking a wider interest’ and ‘how’ we perform in our roles. There is also potential to link to Learning and Development ‘talent‘ programmes."
FB, Senior Manager, Legal & General, Hove

Are you a charity, Housing Association or Welfare to Work organisation who are looking to support your staff to help their participants into self-employment?
Is there a gap in the effectiveness of your staff advising participants on self-employment?
Do you want expert training for your staff to be able to provide a more comprehensive service?

If you are in the Welfare to Work or charity sector, your participants may well be looking at self-employment as an option, as the job market tightens
If you have a team of employment advisors or support workers who need to be trained in how to deal with self-employment, we have a very effective advisor training programme just for you
This valuable programme will give your staff all the tools they need, to be more effective when dealing with participants who are looking to start their own businesses.

"I’ve worked alongside Phil and Benna for a few years now and the thing that strikes you most about them is their passion and enthusiasm. They really care about the people they work with and this, coupled with their knowledge of the sectors they work within, helps them achieve some high quality results. Both are excellent, natural coaches and communicators and they constantly strive to improve their skills to further assist and positively impact their clients."
SD, Director, Development Garden, Hastings

Are you working in prisons and looking to transform the lives of inmates on release, through self-employment and creativity?
Do you want to get ex-offenders into sustainable employment on release, doing something they are passionate about?
Do you want to be part of a radical solution which has proven results?

Re-offending rates are disproportionately high and it is becoming increasingly difficult for ex-offenders to access traditional routes to employment. Research by the Centre of Entrepreneurship maintains that many inmates are naturally entrepreneurial and self-employment is very often, one of the only viable options on release
Our pioneering, collaborative Restart programme is the perfect solution to rehabilitate, prepare and give hope to these participants
We are proud to say that we ran inspirational programmes in HMP Birmingham and HMP Featherstone, where participants on release gained the mental and practical tools they needed to succeed on the outside.

"Out of the 5 years in prison the Enterprise Exchange programme has been the most useful one I have attended and the one in which I am most grateful for, as it is the one that has been largely responsible for me becoming a success. If this programme was run in more prisons and more often I am sure the amount of people that re-offend and return to prison would reduce drastically."
CE, HMP Lewes participant

Are you an individual looking for support to set up a business?
Unfortunately we cannot work with individuals, but you may still be eligible or one of our programmes
Please speak to your personal advisor at the Job Centre Plus, Welfare to Work provider or Housing Association, to find out if they are able to refer you to us

Currently we do not support individuals directly, but certainly do so through our partners
We pride ourselves on our friendly, down to earth, non-judgemental approach and would love to help you if you are on the Work and Health Programme or working with another organisation who can refer you to us directly

“The course gave me awareness of what’s out there. My self-confidence built up as did self-esteem, and I met an amazing tutor who didn’t make me feel intimidated by the course. I also met like-minded people who are prepared to give it a go.”
NS, Hyde Housing, London