Its true

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• Its true!
• Sisters really are doing it for themselves

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Who We Are

• A non-profit-making organisation - established in
  1990 to support women facing the worst effects of
  social exclusion in the Midlands
• Were now 1 of the leading Enterprise Agencies in
  the sub-region
• Helping women take control of their lives by
  successfully starting sustaining their own
  businesses

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Breaking Down Barriers for Women

• Giving women the opportunity to change their
  circumstances lives by becoming successful
  entrepreneurs.
• Weve worked with thousands of women helping them
  overcome barriers preventing them from becoming
  self-employed.
• Providing a range of female sensitive
  orientated support services

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Business Advisory Service

• For Budding Entrepreneurs
• Free confidential female sensitive business
  advice
• support service.
• Provided on a 1-2-1 basis.
• Advice available on all aspects of business
  start-up
• including
• Business Planning
• Market Research
• Raising Finance much more

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some satisfied customers!
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Free Business Advisory Service

• For Existing Entrepreneurs
• Free confidential business advisory business
  mentoring service to existing female
  entrepreneurs.
• Advice counselling for business related
  problems issues.

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Free Business Training Services

• A range of quality innovative training
• courses available to aspiring and
• existing business-women
• Inspirational Business Start-Up Training
• Programme
• A 4-day FREE workshop delivered
• periodically across the UK.
• Financial assistance available for
• childcare transport costs.
• No entry requirements. Family-Friendly
• timetable.

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The Womens EmpowermentProgramme

• Designed created for socially excluded women,
  experiencing the worst effects of unemployment,
  low pay discrimination etc
• Our unique Do It for Yourself programme is a
  4-day inspirational business start-up workshop,
  giving women the knowledge confidence needed to
  generate develop their own business ideas
  eventually become their own boss
• We show women that starting up their own business
  is not as difficult as they might think, and
  attending our workshop is just the start they
  need

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Designed by Womenfor Women!

• A free local workshop, for local women
• Delivered by an all female team, providing a
  range of empowering female focused training
• No entry requirements, no cost financial
  support for childcare transport expenses
• Delivered within a family friendly timetable
• Free, informal relaxed giving women all the
  knowledge, skills confidence needed to generate
  their own business ideas eventually become
  their own boss

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Workshop Content

• DAY 1 Do It For Yourself Confident Start
  Motivational Module
• Builds self confidence, dispel fears
  negativity, learn new life skills, appreciate
  your existing skills talents, manage stress
  levels, identify test business ideas
• DAYS 2, 3 4 DIY Business / Business Skills
  Modules
• Understand business language, learn what
  information is needed by local Business Advisors,
  how to find customers, how much you need to
  start-up, how to sell your product or service,
  understanding cash-flows and other financial
  business documents. And much much more!

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...working with African-Caribbean women
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working with women in deprived areas across the
UK
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Other Projects Effecting Change Programme

• Delivered for Business Link in Coventry
  Warwickshire, Birmingham Solihull, Devon
  Cornwall
• Diversity Training for Business Advisors
  Partners
• Training on how to provide gender sensitive
  business advice counselling to disadvantaged
  women from diverse backgrounds
• Diversity Training for front-line staff
• Training on understanding sensitivity towards
  the needs expectations of female clients
• NVQ Business Counselling Level 4
• Encouraging women to become qualified business
  advisors thus widening the pool of female
  business support services by attending our NVQ
  Level 4 Business Counselling programme

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success stories
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success stories

• WBDA were there for me when I needed support
  advice... they helped my dream come true. WBDA
  is very important for women like me who know
  nothing about how to set up their own business.
• Rashida Bhayat - Kulfi Ice Creams
• Winner of an Excellence Enterprise Award
• Rashida is now a Potential high growth business

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from ice cream manufacturers to poets!

• Local Mum, Minaxi Patel had a dream to develop a
  hobby and
• talent of hers into a personal poem verse
  service
• Supported by the business planning service,
  Minaxi has now
• been approached by a well known card company!
• Shes had so many referrals commissions to
  write framed
• poems that shes left her part-time job and has
  now registered
• and started her very own business is also
  linked with
• another of our clients who runs her floristry
  business

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• The Womens Business Development Agency
• WBDA is here for you,
• Advice guidance tailored to suit you too,
• Business Training, support,
• we take the lead,
• To provide the service that you need.
• We are here to help you achieve the best
• That is why WBDA beats the rest!
• So dont delay, come and register with us,
• For business to succeed
• we are a must!
• Minaxi Patel - 2002

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Marcias business supportfindyouridealbusinesspar
tner.com

• Marcias Barriers Unsure if her idea would work,
  lack of confidence, e.g. Do you think it is a
  silly idea?
• After training and business counselling support,
  Marcia now has a web site, and a successful
  business

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Rashidas business supportTaj Kulfi Ice creams
award winning

• Rashidas Barriers Unsure if her idea would
  work, e.g. My husband thinks it wont work and a
  waste of time?
• After training and business counselling support,
  Rashida now has a business plan, funding, an
  employee. Now her husband likes the business very
  much!

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Stephanies business supportSqueeky clean

• Stephanie's Barriers Didnt know how to create a
  business plan, needed extra funding, and
  counselling. Experienced theft of her equipment.
• After training, and counselling support,
  Stephanie now has a business plan, obtained
  funding and started her business. Rebuilding her
  equipment is in progress.

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Claires business supportMPF Consulting/Life
coach

• Claires Barriers was made redundant after 10
  years, also she experienced medical back
  difficulties
• After Business counselling support, Claire now
  has premises, and is due to start this month!

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Want to know more?

• Womens Business Development Agency
• 67-681 Foleshill Road
• Foleshill
• Coventry
• West Midlands CV6 5JQ
• Tel [phone]
• admin_at_wbda.co.uk
• www.wbda.co.uk