The A-Fund

07/02/2012

Projects We Love #7 A social enterprise cookery school and community bakery - "Loaf loves Birmingham and loves food, and seeks to work across the whole spectrum of food-cultures that exist in this great city, from Michelin stars to Balti’s, and from allotments to soup kitchens" Soon opening its own shop in South Birmingham! http://www.loafonline.co.uk/

You’ve been waiting a long long time for this, but the rumours are true, Loaf will be holding another pop-up pizza takeaway! And it’s very soon. We’re getting super-organised this time doing an online booking system, we even have proper pizza boxes too, and we’ll have three ovens running to limit an...

02/02/2012

Projects We Love #6 A youth magazine made in North Westminster through which lots of young people have already found ways into journalism, photography, graphic design... http://thisisthecut.com/

31/01/2012

Projects We Love #5 "A place to learn how to make bikes. You keep your skills, the first bike goes to someone who really needs it" http://www.thebicycleacademy.org/

The Bicycle Academy is a new enterprise providing people with the skills and facilities to design and make their own bikes. Frame building will be taught by the legendary Brian Curtis short weekday courses. As part of the learning process each student will make a frame designed specifically for use ...

27/01/2012

Projects We Love #4 A place that empowers young people in isolated communities in Pakistan to make a living, make their voice heard & make impact http://www.cyaad.org.pk/home

26/01/2012

Projects We Love #3 A peer2peer leadership & social entrepreneurship programme set up for young people by young people...in a storefront in Brooklyn, NY http://www.teamrevolution.org/

25/01/2012

Projects We Love #2: Making entrepreneurship tangible through everyday business... http://www.madebyyoungpeople.co.uk/

Made By Young People turns Britain's young people from Hoodies into Entrepreneurs. MBYP is coming an area near you soon. We use Design & Enterprise as THE major tool of engagement in order to give new skills, qualifications and confidence to young people.

24/01/2012

Projects We Love #1: A place where anyone can invent, prototype, test & make anything...

A Fab Lab (fabrication laboratory) is a fully kitted fabrication workshop containing all the necessary design engineering and manufacturing equipment capable of supporting single user production of ideas from inception through to prototyping. The aim is to make almost anything.

06/01/2012

Launching 2012: the A-Fund, an investment fund to unleash the talent and potential of Birmingham’s young entrepreneurs & change-makers. Watch this space.