The Enterprising Non-Profits NS Grant Program
Upcoming Workshops and Grant Application Deadline

If you're thinking about starting an enterprise activity that will support both the mission and financial needs of your non-profit organization, this is the workshop for you.

More and more non-profits are exploring income-generating enterprises as a way to:

• enhance their programs and services;
• achieve their missions more effectively; and
• generate new revenues that enable them to diversify their funding bases.

This workshop is intended for staff, board members and volunteers of non-profit organizations that are considering launching, expanding, strengthening their enterprise and/or are new to social enterprise.  It introduces participants to social enterprise and the Enterprising Non-Profits program (go to http://enterprisingnonprofits.ca for more information), and walks them through the grant application process. 

Note: Organizations wishing to apply for the Fall round of enp grant assistance (application deadline: November 15) must have attended an enp Orientation Workshop. 

The Workshop will give you the following:

1.Knowledge of the enp program – its resources, supports and grant assistance

2.Enhanced knowledge of social enterprise

3.An understanding of the enp application process, and answers to application questions

Workshops

There are three Enterprising Non-profits workshops coming up next month. You can sign up for your preferred session below:

October 22, 9am - 12pm:  Liverpool CBDC 

October 23, 9am - 12pm: Dartmouth Sportsplex - Valardo Room

October 24, 11:30am - 1:30pm: Online

Registration fee:

$20 per person for the online course. Note that this is the first time we are holding an online enp-NS course, so the rate is discounted.
 

$45 per person for in-person sessions in Liverpool and Dartmouth.  The registration fee includes breakfast.  This fee covers the cost of the room rental, handouts, nourishment and facilitator. 

The benfits of attending the in-person workshop include the following:

- More interaction between facilitator and participants

- Ability to network with other like-minded not-for-profits

- Paper handouts of the forms (we will provide them electronically for the online course and after the in-person workshop for participants)

More about enp-NS:

• Assists Nova Scotian nonprofits to start and grow social enterprises – businesses that address community issues
• Provides training, resources and social enterprise development grants
• Funded by Province of Nova Scotia
• An initiative in collaboration with enp-BC (www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca)