PEOPLE have been urged to meet a voting deadline to help a Bradford community organisation win funding to support women starting up businesses.
Inspired Neighbourhoods Community Interest Company has been shortlisted for funding from Royal Bank of Scotland for its ‘Inspired and Independent Women’ bid.
ICIC aims to help women entrepreneurs in disadvantaged areas of Bradford to gain enterprise skills, develop business plans, engage in pop-up shops, receive mentoring and coaching and attend networking events to help to raise aspirations and confidence.
Nasim Qureshi, ICIC chief executive, said: “I am delighted Bradford has been shortlisted for this fundingand we believe we can help empower women in local communities to achieve better outcomes and life chances by becoming entrepreneurs and improving their chances to become economically active.”
Votes for finalists in the RBS Inspiring Women in Business funding scheme must be cast by noon on Tuesday November 18. Votes can be cast online through the link at http://t.co/7ei0yRbdKY.
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