Start-up Workshop, 12 February | Event in Bridgend | AllEvents

Start-up Workshop

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Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm

1.5 hours

Carnegie House

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Date & Location

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm (GMT+00:00)

Carnegie House

14 Wyndham Street, Bridgend, United Kingdom

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Start-up Workshop
Do you have ideas that will benefit your Bridgend community?

About this Event

Sgroliwch i lawr gweld y Gymraeg / Scroll down to see the Welsh

Do you have ideas that will benefit your community? Are you thinking of starting a new venture with values at the heart of it? Would you like to know how to set up and run a social enterprise?

We are excited to invite you to the Start Something Good workshops for people with ideas to help their community. Whatever the social impact you are looking to create, if you have a vision for change, this workshop will be the perfect way to get your idea off the ground.

When: 6:30pm – 8pm - Thursday, 12th February (arrive for 6pm for a 6:30pm start)

Where: Carnegie House, 14 Wyndham Street, Bridgend, CF31 1EF

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Who is the course for?

The workshop is open to anyone at the ideas stage who is interested in finding out about starting a business that has profit for good, people, and planet at the heart of it. Whether you are unemployed, self-employed, a professional looking for a new direction, a volunteer, or part of a community group, come and explore how your ideas can lead to sustainable social change.

What will the workshop include?

  • The steps involved in setting up a social enterprise
  • An opportunity to meet others from Bridgend who want to create social change
  • A focus on funding, trading, growing, and making a social impact
  • Finding out what support is available for new social enterprises, funders, and other support agencies
  • Network with social entrepreneurs who have set up successful social enterprise.

1-2-1 support

After attending the workshop, you will be able to arrange a 1-2-1 meeting with a Business Adviser to discuss your plans in more detail.

About the speakers

Martin Downes is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and the Learning and Development Programme Lead at Cwmpas. Martin regularly giving talks, lectures, and workshops on social enterprise at universities, colleges, and start-up programmes across Wales. Martin is the creator of the Hack of Kindness, an innovative social enterprise hackathon model that has engaged hundreds of people across Wales in developing social business ideas, and the architect of the Cambria Fellowship programme. Martin previously worked with UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, the anti-poverty charity Purple Shoots, and ran his own start-up creative agency Luminous Media.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

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About the Shared Prosperity Fund

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus

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A oes gennych syniadau a fydd o fudd i'ch cymuned yn Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr?

A oes gennych syniadau a fydd o fudd i'ch cymuned? A ydych yn ystyried dechrau menter newydd sy'n seiliedig ar werthoedd? Hoffech chi wybod sut i sefydlu a chynnal menter gymdeithasol?

Mae'n bleser gennym eich gwahodd i'r gweithdai Dechrau Rhywbeth Da ar gyfer pobl sydd â syniadau am sut i helpu eu cymuned. Beth bynnag yw'r effaith gymdeithasol rydych am ei chreu, os oes gennych weledigaeth ar gyfer newid, bydd y gweithdy hwn yn berffaith i roi eich syniad ar waith.

Pryd: 6:30yp – 8yp - Dydd Iau, 12fed Chwefror (cyrraedd am 6yp ar gyfer dechrau am 6:30yp)

Ble: Tŷ Carnegie, 14 Stryd Wyndham, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, CF31 1EF

Ar gyfer pwy y mae'r cwrs?

Mae'r gweithdy Dechrau Rhywbeth Da yn agored i unrhyw un yn y cam syniadau sydd â diddordeb mewn dysgu am ddechrau busnes sy’n seiliedig ar sicrhau manteision i bobl ac i'r blaned. Waeth a ydych yn ddi-waith, yn hunangyflogedig, yn weithiwr proffesiynol sy'n chwilio am gyfeiriad newydd, yn wirfoddolwr, neu'n rhan o grŵp cymunedol, dewch i archwilio sut y gall eich syniadau arwain at newid cymdeithasol cynaliadwy.

Cymhwystra

Mae’r cwrs ar gyfer pobl sy'n gymwys i weithio yn y DU ac sydd eisiau archwilio sut i ddechrau busnes a fydd yn arwain at les cymdeithasol, neu i’r rhai sydd newydd ddechrau masnachu.

Mae'r gweithdy hwn yn agored i holl drigolion Sir Benfro sydd eisiau cofrestru eu busnes yn Sir Benfro. Rhaid i chi hefyd fod yn gymwys i weithio yn y DU.

Beth fydd cynnwys y gweithdy?

  • Y camau sy'n gysylltiedig â sefydlu menter gymdeithasol
  • Cyfle i gyfarfod ag eraill o Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr sydd am greu newid cymdeithasol
  • Canolbwyntio ar ariannu, masnachu, tyfu, a chael effaith gymdeithasol
  • Dysgu am y cymorth sydd ar gael ar gyfer mentrau cymdeithasol newydd, cyllidwyr ac asiantaethau cymorth eraill
  • Rhwydweithio gydag entrepreneuriaid cymdeithasol sydd wedi sefydlu mentrau cymdeithasol llwyddiannus.

Cymorth unigol

Ar ôl mynychu'r gweithdy, byddwch yn gallu trefnu cyfarfod unigol gyda Chynghorydd Busnes i drafod eich cynlluniau yn fanylach.

Gwybodaeth am y siaradwyr

Mae Martin Downes yn Gymrawd Cymdeithas Frenhinol y Celfyddydau ac yn Arweinydd y Rhaglen Dysgu a Datblygu yn asiantaeth ddatblygu Cwmpas. Mae Martin yn cynnal sgyrsiau, darlithoedd a gweithdai ar fentrau cymdeithasol yn rheolaidd mewn prifysgolion, colegau a rhaglenni dechrau busnesau newydd ledled Cymru. Martin wnaeth greu Hac Caredigrwydd, model hacathon menter gymdeithasol arloesol sydd wedi ennyn diddordeb cannoedd o bobl ledled Cymru mewn datblygu syniadau busnes cymdeithasol. Hefyd, Martin oedd wrth wraidd sefydlu rhaglen Cambria Fellowship. Yn y gorffennol, mae Martin wedi gweithio i UnLtd, y Sefydliad ar gyfer Entrepreneuriaid Cymdeithasol, yr elusen gwrth-dlodi Purple Shoots, ac mae wedi cynnal ei asiantaeth greadigol newydd ei hun, Luminous Media.

Darperir lluniaeth a chinio.

Datganiad preifatrwydd

Bydd unrhyw wybodaeth rydych yn ei rannu gyda ni yn cael ei storio’n ddiogel yn unol â pholisi GDPR Cwmpas. ( https://cy.cwmpas.coop/preifatrwydd/)

Mae gennych yr hawl i dynnu’ch caniatâd i ni ddefnyddio’ch data yn ôl a gofyn i ni ddileu eich data unrhyw bryd. Os oes gennych chi unrhyw gwestiynau, cysylltwch â: Y29tbWVyY2lhbHRlYW0gfCBjd21wYXMgISBjb29w os gwelwch yn dda.

Ynglŷn â'r Gronfa Ffyniant Gyffredin

Mae Cronfa Ffyniant Gyffredin y DU yn ganolog yn agenda Hybu Ffynant Bro Llywodraeth y DU ac yn darparu cyllid o £2.6 biliwn ar gyfer buddsoddiadau lleol erbyn mis Mawrth 2025. Nod y gronfa yw gwella balchder a chynyddu cyfleoedd bywyd ledled y DU gan fuddsoddi mewn cymunedau a lleoedd, cefnogi busnesau lleol, a phobl a sgiliau. Am ragor o wybodaeth, ewch i https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus.cy


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Start-up Workshop, 12 February | Event in Bridgend | AllEvents
Start-up Workshop
Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
Free