SureStart
Get involved
Everything we do depends on people giving their time, skills and money. Here’s how you can help.
Volunteer
Become a mentor
If you have run a business for at least two years and can give a couple of hours a month, you could make the difference between someone starting and someone giving up.
We provide training, safeguarding guidance and ongoing support. Mentors are matched with people whose business is in a field they understand, and every match is reviewed after three months.
Other ways to help
Not a business owner? You can still help
We need people with all sorts of skills, and organisations that share our aims.
Run a workshop
Accountants, marketers, solicitors, web designers: share an hour of your expertise with a small group of new founders.
Partner with us
Local employers, colleges, job centres, libraries and community groups: refer people to us, host a session or sponsor a programme.
Fundraise
Run, bake, quiz or climb something. We’ll give you a fundraising pack and cheer you on.
Corporate partnerships
We welcome partnerships with businesses that want to support local enterprise. This might be sponsoring a workshop series, offering employee volunteering, providing meeting space, or funding a mentoring programme in a particular area.
Partners receive regular impact updates and, where wanted, recognition on this site and in our reports. To talk it through, get in touch.
Prefer to give money?
Donations fund workshop places, mentor training and the practical help that turns an idea into a business.