What $1,000 does for a small business
Training, a small grant and the right equipment: how one donation is put to work.
Be the Hope sets out to help 300 small businesses get to work. Each one is supported with the same three things, and $1,000 covers all three for one business.
Training
Every business owner starts with practical classes: keeping simple accounts, pricing work fairly, and finding customers beyond their own street. The training is short, hands-on, and built around the business they already run.
A small grant
Next comes a grant to cover what's holding the business back, whether that's stock, materials or a few months' rent while it finds its feet.
Equipment
Finally, the tools to do the work: a sewing machine, an oven, a loom or a set of hand tools. Equipment is often the one cost a small business can never quite save up for, and the one that makes the biggest difference.
Together, the three steps give a business what it needs to stand on its own. Every donation, of any size, goes towards them.
Help the next business grow
$1,000 gives one business training, a small grant, and equipment.
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