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01 August 2024

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YOUR BUSINESS NEWS FROM RICHMOND COUNCIL

AMB Deaf Accessibility

Building bridges between the Deaf and Hearing communities

Feras Al-Moubayed is Deaf. Approximately 11 million people in the UK are deaf or have hearing loss. Deafness is an invisible disability. To recognise this is to draw attention to the biggest barrier that deaf people face: communication.

Confidence is a key component of successful communication.

Seeing the difficulties and injustices that so many Deaf or Hard of Hearing (HoH) people face, Feras, a native British Sign Language (BSL) user, together with his brother Wael, founded AMB Deaf Accessibility.

By making Deaf culture more accessible to all, is the best way to improve accessibility for Deaf individuals.

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UPCOMING DEADLINES 4 Aug   - Full of Life Fund 12 Aug - Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) 15 Aug - Grand Plan

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 6 Aug   - How to use YouTube to grow your business 20 Aug - Re:Create Richmond

Creatives in the London Brough of Richmond upon Thames will be given the chance to increase their income and grow a sustainable business this autumn.

Developed and run by community interest company Creative United and funded by Richmond Council via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Re:Create Richmond aims to provide a lifeline for creative businesses to develop and thrive.

The Re:Create business support programme has already generated an estimated £165,000 in additional income for creatives in Wandsworth as well as seen new jobs created over the past three years.

Twenty creative businesses, artists or makers in the borough will be selected for tailored, one-to-one business advice, mentoring from a creative industry expert and skills development. Applications close 5pm on Friday 27 September 2024.

Join us for the Re:Create launch online event on Tuesday 20 August, with Cllr Phil Giesler, Cllr John Coombs and representatives from Creative United to find out more.

Find out more and to apply

The first draft Night Time Strategy for Richmond Borough is now complete and ready for your feedback.

As you may be aware, the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has been developing a Night Time Strategy over the last year to help understand how we can make the night-time (between 6pm and 6am) a better experience for everyone living, working, and visiting the borough.

This includes diversifying the night-time offer, providing services for night workers, improving safety and pushing for more activities for young people in the borough.

We would love to hear your views! Please tell us what you think about our first draft Strategy by clicking through our interactive document here. 

The consultation will run until 30th September 2024.

The British Library’s Business & IP Centre is offering free, accessible workshops that are open to new and existing London-based business owners.

From the essential building blocks of starting and running a successful business to common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

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Small businesses and the self-employed are at the heart of both our economy and our communities across the Greater London region and wider UK.

The recent General Election provided Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) with the perfect opportunity to ask those seeking political office to put forward a compelling pro-small business offer, to support growth, jobs and a brighter economic future.

FSB London continues to support the promotion of the Richmond Zenith Enterprise business support programme via ‘FSB South West London In-Person Networking’ events.

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Taking part in Richmond upon Thames, in partnership with Green Mark, the Making Businesses Greener’ FREE business support scheme is offering many businesses and organisations the opportunity to reap the benefits from an onsite visit and digital assistance from the Green Mark team.

Take action and join the next wave of businesses to be sustainable.

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The Improving London Communities cohort is a new fully funded programme to help South-London based enterprises and third-sector organisations, better support their communities.

Across the four-month-long programme, you’ll work alongside School of Applied Science academics at LSBU to ideate and evaluate new and existing services that support vulnerable individuals within your community.

To be eligible for the programme, you must be operating in one of the following South London boroughs: Richmond Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Find out more and apply today

Become a breastfeeding friendly venue 

Are you a local business or venue? Sign up for the newly launched Breastfeeding Friendly Scheme and become a breastfeeding friendly venue now! 

The scheme is free and open to premises ranging from hairdressers, shops, libraries and museums to community centres, GP practices and health centres — in fact anywhere that is open to the public.

By signing up to this scheme, businesses and organisations can demonstrate they welcome and support breastfeeding families by displaying an easily recognisable sticker and sharing information with their staff and volunteers about why breastfeeding is important and how it is protected. 

If you would like to join the scheme or for further information, please contact Richmond@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk 

Tell us Your Story For Black History Month, in October, we are keen to hear the untold stories from local businesses who have African-Caribbean owners. Businesses/trades founded many generations ago and either still going strong or have retired. Contact us

Showcase your business '....discovered a gap in the market...', ' ...reduced our plastic usage...', '...retired and felt bored...', '...always wanted to run my own business...'   Would you like your business to be featured here and on the Richmond Business Hub? Then get in touch to tell us your story.   Contact us

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