My award account Awards Events Blog Get involved Our work About us Hackney Connect Home Our work Past work Hackney Connect Hackney Connect was a programme aimed at developing the skills, confidence, aspirations and opportunities for young people aged 18-30 in Hackney. Hackney Connect aimed to develop the skills, confidence, aspirations and opportunities for young people aged 18-30 in the borough. Hackney Connect was a 23 month programme comprising a package of funding, project and personal support and online and real world networks to enable young people to start up and grow their own social venture. Supported by UBS, the programme has funded 45 individuals whom have an idea to tackle social issues in Hackney. The Awards, available between £5k-£15k were aimed at getting young people to create positive change in Hackney by starting up social enterprises which directly tackled social issues. In addition to the funding, each Award Winner received 12 months support from UnLtd, through access to workshops, staff time and events. Award Winners also received mentorship and expert advice from UBS staff throughout their journey. Our partner For over 30 years, UBS has worked to overcome disadvantage in our local communities by supporting education and entrepreneurship. Our two global community investment themes of education and entrepreneurship were selected to align with our core business. Our approach is founded on building sustainable and successful partnerships with non-profit organisations and social enterprises. We achieve impact through a combination of strategic funding and employee volunteering. UBS employees are key to the success of our community programme. By providing diverse opportunities for our employees to volunteer their time and skills in support of our community partners, we seek to maximise our impact. In the UK we do this by funding a small number of long-term community partners, and through the commitment and skills of our people. In 2016, 46% of our UK workforce volunteered over 19,000 hours to community projects. Hackney connect will establish a movement of motivated individuals within Hackney; whilst at the same time developing their personal, professional, entrepreneurship and employability skills The Hackney champion network The champions network is a working group convened by UnLtd and UBS as part of Hackney Connect, a programme designed to support social entrepreneurs start up and thrive in the borough of Hackney. The network sits independently from the programme and aims to: Enhance collaborative working Develop partner programmes Think Strategically about sustainability for programmes across the network Support and share best practice methods and learning Improve access and support for social entrepreneurs in Hackney Imporve support for supports of social entrepreneurship Meet the network Hackney CVs As a responsive charity Hackney CVS believes that the voluntary and community sector plays a critical role in tackling poverty and disadvantage by working with key stakeholders to address local inequalities. We strive to challenge oppression and prejudice, to promote diversity and to work towards a society where full equality for all is a reality. Hackney CVS is the umbrella body for the voluntary and community (not for profit) sector. We support hundreds of people to run successful community organisations by giving them access to the skills, knowledge and resources necessary to respond to the needs of local people. Hackney Co-Operative Developments Urban MBA Bootstrap Campus Hackney Roots UBS Community Affairs UBS Community Affairs NCVYS - National Centre Voluntary Youth Services The excel project 45 We made 45 awards to social entrepreneurs. £20,5000 We invested a total of £20,500 into our social entrepreneurs. 2000 Over 2000 beneficiaries have benefited from the award. Our impact What our social entrepreneurs say “The best thing about the accelerator was the fact that we had teams helping us with our social ventures. The team helped me with building email templates and pitch techniques I could use when contacting clients" Harold Smith Point of view medias Previous Next Back to top UnLtd is a registered Charity No. 1090393. Head office address: 123 Whitecross Street, Islington, London, EC1Y 8JJ London 020 7566 1100 | Birmingham 0121 766 4570 , Bradford 01274 750 630 or free phone 0800 917 7113 Privacy Policy Complaints Policy Cookies Policy Terms & Conditions Contact us Careers Press office Hide this Message To provide you with the best browsing experience, By continuing to use the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.