What is the Do It Award?
Do It Awards are cash Awards of up to £5,000 plus practical support to help you turn your ideas into a reality. UnLtd will provide advice, training and mentoring for Award winners to give your venture the best chance of success, usually over a period of 12 months. The award is to support social entrepreneurs who want to create social impact and who are already established in their venture and want to tackle an issue that they are passionate about fixing.
Throughout the year we have opportunities for social entrepreneurs to apply to UnLtd for an Award. You can submit an Expression of Interest at any time. Should your Expression of Interest pass our initial assessment you will be sent further application documents to complete along with a detailed breakdown of the application process.
The Do It Award is suitable for:
- Individuals over the age of 16
- Living in the UK
Does your venture qualify:
- Your venture is ideally less than 5 years old
- Your venture is dynamic and has been running for at least one year
- Your venture is ready to grow to local, regional or national scale and has a logical and appropriate plan to deliver this
- You have a compelling performance to date and/or a logical and appropriate plan for rapid growth to reach local, regional or national scale
- Your principle objective for the year ahead is not to secure (significant) investment
- Your venture targets beneficiaries predominantly based in the UK
Ideas and ventures are not eligible for an Award if they:
- Are part of your paid employment
- Involve political or religious campaigning
- Involve activities outside of the law or against public policy, or anything that encourages ethnic, religious or commercial disharmony
- Are mainly for people to achieve academic qualifications
Do It Award Criteria:
- We support individuals who are:
- Aged 16 or over and living in the UK
- Not part of an established organisation
