Do It

Our Do it awards help make your idea for social change a reality.

You are a social entrepreneur who wants to create social impact. You’re ready to establish your venture and tackle an issue that you’re passionate about fixing. You’re dedicated to your idea and ready to make things happen.

We’re here to support you. Alongside giving you £5,000 to build your social venture, we’ll give you access to training and events, and assign you a dedicated award manager (one of our experts in helping social entrepreneurs to start and grow). The award manager will be there to coach you and support you to achieve your goals.

What you get

  • Up to £5,000 in funding 
  • A package of tailored support to suit you 
  • One-to-one guidance from an UnLtd award manager
  • Specialist advice from relevant experts
  • Access to resources to help you get up and running
  • Access to the UnLtd mentor scheme.

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Important information

We currently have funding and support opportunities for:

  • Social entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales 
    Our boosted core awards programme is open for ideas at any stage.  
  • Social entrepreneurs working on products and services to improve quality of life for older adults
    You can apply for Thrive, our social accelerator, or for early stage funding and support.
  • Social entrepreneurs with ideas for community impact
    We're accepting award applications for projects in Brighton, Dundee, South Wales Valleys, North Staffs, or from one of these 19 Big Local Areas. 

All applications are made through our application portal, and you can learn more about our support offer here.

New funding opportunities will be opening up in Autumn 2020 for England-based social entrepreneurs, so watch this space. We are committed to 50% of our awards going to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs across all of our funding programmes.

Criteria

UnLtd supports those who are:

  • Aged 16 or over
  • Reside in the United Kingdom
  • Willing to participate in a learning experience
  • Working to benefit people living in the United Kingdom

To be eligible you must:

  • Have a real social impact
  • Fulfil a clear need and demand
  • Have clear outputs and goals
  • Provide a learning experience or opportunity

UnLtd cannot support concepts or businesses that:

  • Are part of your paid employment where you are an employee 
  • Involve political or religious campaigning 
  • Involve activities outside the law or against public policy, or anything that encourages ethnicity, religious or commercial disharmony 

Sound like you?

Ready to make your idea for social change a reality? Apply for an award by clicking the link below

Apply for an award

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We work with thousands of social entrepreneurs, people who are changing the lives of people across the UK. 

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What our social entrepreneurs say

"The financial funding really accelerated the growth of Greenslate, but UnLtd’s support represents much more than that"

Amanda Wellens-Bray
Greenslate Farm

What our social entrepreneurs say

"I got the first award in the area, I met with an award manager who helped me to formulate all my ideas and what we were doing. From that money we were able to set up what we’re doing today"

Helen McCabe
Helen Owen Marketing Enterprises

What our social entrepreneurs say

"People often say it’s about the money when you receive an award like this, but it’s not. What it does is give you a whole raft of confidence – you get some external affirmation. Someone else believes you’re on the right track and has the confidence in you to put your ideas into action"

Kate Smith
Memory Matters
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Events

We host a series of events throughout the UK each year. From classes and conferences, seminars and workshops to networking events and training sessions.

Upcoming events

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