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Hackney Council partners with Allia to support local micro and small businesses in the borough to develop and grow
Author Sophie Fryer

Hackney Council partners with Allia to support local micro and small businesses in the borough to develop and grow

Allia has partnered with Hackney Council to provide another year of high-quality support, workshops and mentoring for 145 small and micro businesses in Hackney to help them develop, grow and achieve their impact aims.

Over 2022, Allia will run a range of programmes that will help local entrepreneurs to bring their business ideas to life; support established small businesses to grow revenue and gain more customers; and work with pre-seed or seed impact start-ups that aim to address the most pressing local and global challenges.

Allia is the first UK partner of Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative to run Climate Accelerator
Author Laura Nicholls

Allia is the first UK partner of Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative to run Climate Accelerator

New Climate Accelerator will start in Cambridge in January 2022, working with start-ups who have innovative solutions for addressing the climate emergency

Allia is the first UK partner of EIT Climate-KIC to run a 6-month intensive Accelerator offering climate tech founders the opportunity to develop their start-ups and tackle the critical mission of the climate crisis.

Winning prize shared between ventures at the DIF-Allia Accelerator Challenge final pitch day
Author Sophie Fryer

Winning prize shared between ventures at the DIF-Allia Accelerator Challenge final pitch day

Six-month programme culminates in pitch day with three winning ventures awarded

GrandNanny, a social enterprise that matches working families with midlife+ neighbours to provide rewarding jobs and reliable childcare, has been awarded £10,000 by DIF Capital for winning the DIF-Allia Accelerator Challenge, with Greater Change and Appt also being awarded £7,500 each.

Allia leads project to provide homeless people with supported housing in Cambridge
Author Laura Nicholls

Allia leads project to provide homeless people with supported housing in Cambridge

ALLIA WORKS WITH JIMMY’S AND NEW MEANING FOUNDATION TO DESIGN, BUILD AND INSTALL MUCH NEEDED COMMUNITY HOUSING IN THE CITY

Six new homes have been built to provide supported living for homeless people in Cambridge. Led by Allia, a charity dedicated to the creation of positive impact, this innovative housing project was the result of a 12-month partnership with Jimmy’s, the Cambridge homelessness charity, and the New Meaning Foundation, an ethical construction social enterprise.