B Curious: Becoming a B Corporation

This workshop aims to help business owners determine whether becoming a B Corporation is for them.

It will offer an insight into the process of becoming one and attendees will hear from a variety of B Corps about the reality of their journey and how the corporation has helped them.

Your host will take you through parts of the B Corp Ambassador Slides and you will discuss how B Corp can help you achieve your overall mission.

If there is sufficient interest, this initial session will evolve into a B Corp Peer to Peer group later in the year.

We recommend you have a look at the B Corp Assessment before attending this session. Check the link out here > bimpactassessment.net/

Who is it for?

• Small business owners and sole traders who are exploring ways in which they can have more positive social and environmental impact through their enterprises. (You can become a B Corps as a sole trader or a very small business.)
• People who are curious about B Corps and interested in improving their social and environmental performance of their business and becoming a Certified B Corporation.
• Founders and leaders of small purposeful companies

What will I learn?

• Gain a realistic insight into the B Corp journey.
• Learn how the B Corp movement could help your business achieve its overall mission.
• Learning more about what it takes to become a B Corp.
• An opportunity to have your B Corp questions answered.

The speaker

Gareth Jones - CEO of Town Square

The coworking disrupter, Gareth is leading a UK coworking movement coming soon to a town near you. Town Square Spaces became a B Corporation in 2019 and Gareth is a huge advocate of the B Corp movement.

Facilitator

Lucy Wendon - Community Manager of Perch @ The Eco Business Centre

Town Square is a certified B Corporation, committed to helping people to start and run their own businesses.

In September 2019 they launched a co-working community at the Eco Business Centre, based in the eco village of Elmsbrook, near Bicester.

Find out more at www.thetownsquare.co.uk

For more information about the eScalate programme , visit www.oxfordshirelep.com/escalate

Please note that this webinar is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is delivered as part of the eScalate programme to help SMEs. By engaging in this programme you are being offered assistance under the De Minimis regulation which allows a company to receive up to but not exceeding €200,000 of public funding (at the applicable exchange rate) of De Minimis aid over a rolling three-tax year fiscal period. This de minimis declaration does not cover undertakings engaged in: the primary production of agricultural goods and fisheries/aquaculture, road freight, services of general economic interest and export related activities and activities favouring domestic over imported goods. Please note, support cannot be given to undertakings (businesses) in difficulty. In order to receive support from this programme, you will be required to complete an application form and other relevant documentation.