Social Startup Labs
Where Startups Are Born
Social Startup Labs are standalone, 1-day workshops at which local enterprise ideas are generated and acted upon. Participants collectively identify opportunities for enterprise, based on existing local unused/underused assets (skills, resources, materials).
With the support of LCL Facilitators, they explore how these unused assets can brought to bear against unmet local needs for products and services. These identified opportunities take the form of fledgling startups.
The events bring together a diverse range of local actors and stakeholders:
- public sector
- private sector
- third sector
- skills camps participants.
As part of our Startup Brixton Programme we ran two Social Startup Labs. The programme has now finished. The details below are for reference purposes only. Feel free to use any of this material if helpful.
The Results of the Startup Brixton! Programme are Social Startup Lab June 15th 2012 and Social Startup Lab July 23rd 2012>here.
How We Marketed the Social Startup Labs Event — This is the flyer we used
As you can see the challenge was to appeal to a large cross section of the community. We knew that it would be very difficult for people to understand what it was. We had to focus on the benefits they would get from attending.
How We Marketed the Social Startup Labs Event — The Invitation
London Creative Labs are proud to present our FREE workshops: Social Startup Labs at the Brix at St Matthews, the place to do business creatively!
If you live or work in Brixton or Coldharbour, you need to be there no matter what your background! Social Startup Labs are intense but fun one-day workshops where you will brainstorm, learn, and network with one purpose in mind: To create new businesses that can create work for local people and contribute to sustainable regeneration by the people for the people! You will learn how to identify business opportunities that present themselves locally. You can form a team with others around an opportunity and learn how to approach it like an entrepreneur. Together, you will decide the next steps in taking action towards turning the opportunity into a real business startup! Sir Alan Sugar of Apprentice fame might learn a few things from our approach. You certainly will. By taking part, you will help to create new jobs and livelihoods for local residents, whether for yourself or others, even if you don't choose to be involved in one of the startups. You will contribute to making a difference locally & meet others who are doing the same. Join us for Social Startup Labs hosted at the Brix At St Matthews, the place to do business creativelyHow We Marketed the Social Startup Labs Event — Self-selection
Why come to Social Startup Labs?
Are you living in Brixton and unemployed or want a better way of making a living? Are you a young person over-18 living in Brixton? Wondering where the opportunities are and how to get them? Or are you interested in helping young people find opportunities? Are you a professional living or working in Brixton? Are you doing business in Brixton or do you want to? Live or spend a lot of time in Brixton and want to be more a part of the community? Do your professional duties involve making the lives of people in Brixton better? Are you an older person living in Brixton with more time on your hands than you would like?
Are you living in Brixton and unemployed or want a better way of making a living?
Finding it difficult to find a job? Come to Social Startup Labs and learn how to create your own job by starting a business, no matter what your background is! Team up with other local people to explore starting up a business in Brixton and discover new local business opportunities that have been under your nose. Add valuable new tools to your skills and experience.
Are you a young person from Brixton over 18, without any prospect of a decent job? Or do you want to help Brixton’s young people over 18 find opportunities? Come to Social Startup Labs, learn how to create your own job opportunities by starting a business. Come and meet people you can work with to make those opportunities a reality you can benefit from. Add valuable new tools to your skills and experience.
Are you a professional living or working in Brixton?
Want to sharpen your professional edge and contribute to local regeneration in Brixton? Come to Social Startup Labs, where you can learn new ways of doing business and working with people! Contribute your expertise and networks to helping the community create jobs and add a new entrepreneurial dimension to your professional development. Make a difference and gain a new sense of connection to the community.Are you doing business in Brixton or do you want to?
Doing business in Brixton or Coldharbour already? Or would you like to start a business locally? Come to Social Startup Labs, discover local business opportunities in the form of new ideas for products and services, learn new business methods and meet potential business partners, employees and advisors who can bring their energy, resources and talent to any ventures that arise or existing ventures that need a boost.Live or spend a lot of time in Brixton and want to be more a part of the community?
Do you want to know what you can do for the community in Brixton? Come to Social Startup Labs and find out more about what it has and what it needs, help provide the solutions, meet other people you can work with or help to address those needs. Make the most of your skills and learn new ones while making a difference for the community and becoming more a part of it. In doing so, you can help with the regeneration of Brixton.Do your professional duties involve making the lives of people in Brixton better?
Do you work in a role where you are responsible for regeneration, employment, enterprise, health or community development in Lambeth as a whole or Brixton in particular? Come to Social Startup Labs and discover an innovative approach to community empowerment. Be there to shape and support new local startups to make a economic & social impact while creating new jobs. Benefit from new opportunities for co-production and provide new opportunities for involvement and participation. If you work directly with people in Brixton, especially young people over 18 or older people who are isolated but still have something to offer, bring them along and encourage them to get involved.Are you an older person living in Brixton with more time on your hands than you would like?
Would you like to keep busy and pass on your valuable knowledge and skills to younger people who would like to get on in life and make a go of it in their own businesses? Come to Social Startup Labs, meet new people and discover how your knowledge and experience can make a positive difference to other members of the community working to create jobs for themselves or others. Even if you’ve never been in business yourself. Develop new local connections and keep yourself active with opportunities for volunteer or paid work.
