Training Programme on Design and Social Entrepreneurship (Business and Investment Readiness Programme)
Are you a craft entrepreneur who wants to support your community or tackle social issues?
British Council Thailand, Thai Social Enterprise Office, and the SUPPORT Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand are pleased to invite you to apply for a training programme on design and social entrepreneurship (Business and Investment Readiness Programme). It is designed to meet the need of craft communities in Thailand in order to help them develop sustainable design products and an understanding in social entrepreneurship.
Join our pioneer programme that will improve your business skills and help you increase your impact on society through creativity. Be one of the selected 20 to join our exclusive workshop facilitated by experts from Cockpit Arts, an award winning social enterprise providing the UK’s only creative-business incubator for designer-makers. Five of the participants will be selected to receive further online support from our UK partner, and two of them will have a chance to visit the UK and exhibit their products there.
Tentative programme
Application deadline 31 August 2015
Selection and interview 8-9 September 2015
Workshop (5 days) 21-25 September 2015
Online mentoring and site visit October - December 2015
Product exhibition late February / early March 2016