Enterprising Women: Turn your project into reality with Edventure Frome’s course
More women than ever before are choosing to work for themselves, citing greater control over hours, location of work, and work-life balance as top reasons. The Rose Review (2019) found that the UK economy could unlock up to £250 billion of new value if women are supported to start and scale businesses at the same rate as men. Yet only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs are female: a gap equivalent to ~1.1 million missing businesses. Key challenges include accessing funding, overcoming cultural barriers and a perceived lack of entrepreneurial skills and confidence.
Edventure Frome, a Somerset non-profit and community incubation hub, invites women who want to develop entrepreneurial skills and confidence to join its Enterprising Women course starting this February. Designed to support women from all backgrounds and life stages, the course foregrounds women’s own experiences, values, and skills as the starting point for turning their ideas into reality. The program offers tools, skills, and knowledge from personal resilience to business planning, fundraising, and marketing, and places the emphasis on learning by doing. Participants will become part of a community of supportive peers to help them feel more confident and less alone on their enterprising journey.
The course is based at the Edventure Hub in Frome and runs on Fridays, from 7 February 2025 to 27 June 2025. The course is designed to fit around the school day from 9:15 to 2:45pm, with additional hours determined by participants. Edventure has a successful track record of running courses that help people bring their ideas to life, such as the UK’s first Community Fridge. A previous Enterprising Women student appreciated the course for providing “a creative way to be entrepreneurial. Intuitive in its delivery, with deep and resilient processes, it’s given me clarity, vision, and direction.”
Enterprising Women is a free course for Somerset residents (excluding BANES) on lower incomes or those who fall into other priority areas for support, thanks to funding from Somerset Council. The course is open to all women at a cost of £880. If cost is a barrier, Edventure encourages applicants to email hello@edventurefrome.org to explore options.
Enterprising Women isn’t just a course; it’s an invitation to join a supportive community of women making a positive impact through entrepreneurship. Passionate individuals looking to create change, unlock their potential, and become part of an empowering initiative can find out more at edventurefrome.org/enterprisingwomen/
About Edventure
Edventure Frome is a non-profit community interest company that supports people in community entrepreneurship and personal development through enterprise programmes, events, and partnership projects. Edventure has helped launch many local initiatives such as the Community Fridge (2016), the Share Shop, and Loop Frome composting, and is a partner in Green and Healthy Frome.
To learn more and enrol, book an informal chat with Colin, one of Edventure’s course facilitators, at edventurefrome.org/enterprisingwomen or email Colin at colin@edventurefrome.org