The Sowing Club provides funded, pre-start up courses for women in Lancaster and Morecambe who are deemed to be socially disadvantaged due to one or more of the following circumstances.
- In low paid work
- Living on benefits
- Disabled
- Lone parent
- Leaving domestic violence
- Leaving prison
We will deliver courses that are from 6 half days a week for any women who consider themselves socially disadvantaged and would like to consider the option of becoming self-employed.*
The courses will look at;
- your skills
- what it means to run a business
- available support
Women completing the course who are ready to start a business can then feed into the next start-up course for 12 months of taught input and support from other women running businesses, to make sure that your business has the best possible chance of growing.
*Please note that self employment is not about zero hour contracts, but learning to run a sustainable business that will enable you to come off benefits and contribute to the community’s economic growth.
If you are interested in finding out more about The Sowing Club and the programmes currently running, please get in using the contact details below.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Funded by the European Social Fund.