BCT Regenesis

We are pleased to announce that we have been commissioned by Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester councils to support the development of extra care housing in Blacon.

The work is to ensure that older peoples housing needs are met and the wider community is engaged extra care development.

BCT Regenesis are inviting applications to the next round Thrive with a closing date of 30th October 2009. This will be the fourth round of consultancy support offered to third sector organisations. BCT Regenesis is currently evaluating the initial experience of the Thrive consultancy support and will begin to measure impact as the programme develops.

Further to our successful networking events Thrive is now developing more marketing opportunities for participating organisations in partnership with Bank of America.

The team of seven enterprise coaches are now established across the Cheshire Warrington sub-region. They are employed by local community based organisations to raise awareness and provide support for local enterprise activity.

This is achieved by:

• Awareness raising at a local level through events and publicity
• One-to-one or group coaching sessions
• Strengthening links with local business support providers  and
• Supporting clients to access appropriate business support

To date after six months of project delivery 179 clients have engaged in intensive enterprise coaching sessions. Of these, 59 have been referred for support to develop their business idea further.

The Enterprise Coaching Project is funded by the NWDA and is part of a wider Enterprise Generator Project in Cheshire and Warrington. BCT Regenesis manage the Cheshire and Warrington Enterprise Coaching Project.