A corporate mentoring session in progress

Sponsor real places

Fund Real Places For Underserved Founders

£400 funds one founder's place on the 1001 Entrepreneurs programme — training, mentoring and outcome evidence you can use in ESG and social value reporting.

Training and mentoring

Each place covers structured business training and mentoring for one underserved founder.

Named cohort

Your places are allocated to a cohort, so you can follow the founders you support.

Evidence you can report

Outcome data suitable for ESG disclosure and social value responses in public sector bids.

Apply to sponsor places

Indicative total: £2,000 at £400 per place