UnLtd Engage

UnLtd Engage is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and is looking for 30 entrepreneurial individuals with a passion and an idea which will bring about a positive change in attitudes and approaches to getting older.

UnLtd Engage is for individuals with an idea for a project which will:

• Inspire self-belief and well being in an older population (health and wellbeing, social and community involvement, recreation)
• Make the most of opportunities (working, volunteering, innovative approaches to getting older, making changes)
• Value shared wisdom and experience (ending isolation, loneliness, positive perception, dismantling generational barriers)

UnLtd are looking particularly for applications from individuals who are aged over 50 from England & Wales and have the passion and ideas to create social change. The Awards are open to anyone over the age of 16.

What is available?

30 Start-Up Awards of up to £2,500 to get your idea off the ground.

Additional to the funding, they will:

• Enrol you on a Support Programme including training and networking events and workshops
• Provide you with support through a dedicated UnLtd Development Manager
• Offer 3 Development Awards of up to £15,000 for individuals to grow and replicate their ideas

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: SEPTEMBER 30TH 2010.

Click here for more information and to apply.