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Carlisle City Council is providing local businesses with free access to its local business support and grant portal provided by Open4Business. This is tailored for the Carlisle area and includes local, regional and national schemes.

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Launch of Instagram Small Business Mentorship Programme

01 September 2021/Categories: Grants_and_Funding

Small Business Britain has partnered with Instagram to offer businesses an opportunity to benefit from their new UK Mentorship Programme.

Participants will learn about content creation, marketing and social commerce from renowned creators, successful founders and Instagram experts.

Five successful small businesses will benefit from: 

  • A content workshop afternoon covering creative tips and tricks, and developing a three-month Instagram content plan.
  • An hour-long virtual coaching session with a business mentor.
  • Three monthly hour-long sessions with an Instagram product expert, to discuss how to best use Instagram for Business.
  • £1,000 worth of Instagram ad credits - to support their growth ambitions.

Those who apply but are not selected for the programme will still receive a specially curated digital toolkit of best practice guides about social commerce for Instagram.

The competition is open to owners or founders of small businesses based in the UK with 1-25 employees. They must use some of the following Instagram functionalities: Stories, Shops, IGTV, Reels.

The mentorship scheme will run between October and December 2021.

How To Apply

The deadline for entry submissions is 19 September 2021 (24:00 BST).

Applications are made online at the programme website.

More details can be accessed here

Winners will be contacted after 27 September 2021. The mentorship scheme will run between October and December 2021.


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For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:

  1. Enquiries
    Small Business Britain
    Somerset House
    Strand
    London
    WC2R 1LA
    Email: [email protected]

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