Surrey's Greener Future -Newsletter

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Local business news

How Artificial Intelligence can support your business

Reigate & Banstead 2025

Coast to Capital Growth Grant Programme

Take time to step back, recharge and reconnect

Surrey's Greener Future

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What's on

Business Support Grant Consultation

Have you received a business support grant? Please give us your feedback by 2 September.

Don't miss out on these great networking events
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AUGUST

9 August 13.00-14.00 Natwest Accelerator tour - Brighton. Book you space to have a look around the accelerator space in Brighton, a fully funded programme to help your business start, scale and succeed.

14 August-16 August 9.30am-1.30pm StartUp Croydon 3-day New Business Seminar. Book your space now

20 August 13.00-14.00 Natwest Accelerator tour - Brighton. Book you space to have a look around the accelerator space in Brighton, a fully funded programme to help your business start, scale and succeed.

21 August from 9am Redhill MicropreneursCo working, Co-Tribe, Redhill. Find out more

21 August 3-5pm Complimentary WordPress & Digital Marketing Clinic, Reigate Manor. Book your space now

30 August 12-2.30pm Crime Against Business in Surrey - Your Q&A, Reigate Manor Hotel. Book your space now

SEPTEMBER

3 September 9.30am-12.30pm Sustainable Business Tour of Canon, Reigate Find out more and book your space .

10 September 8.30-10am Gatwick Diamond Business - Bank of England Business meeting at Grant Thornton, Crawley. Book your space

11 September 12-2pm LEARNING LUNCH: How Artificial Intelligence in finance can support your business – Esther Guy and Natasha Baker, A4C Group. Book here .

12 September 8.30am- 5.30pm Grow your Business Show, Epsom Downs racecourse sign up as an attendee or exhibitor.

17 September from 9am Redhill Micropreneurs co working day. Co Tribe, Redhill Find out more

18 September 3-5pm Complimentary WordPress & Digital Marketing Clinic, Reigate Manor, Book your space now

19 September 7.45-10am Surrey Chambers of Commerce Apprentiship Forum, Nescot College Book your space now

19 September 5-7pm Morrison Solicitors R&R Connects, Reigate Rugby Club. Book your space now

27 September 11am-12pm Gatwick Diamond Business, Cyber Awareness, Hartsfield Manor. Book your space

OCTOBER

2 October 4.30-7pm Redhill & Reigate Business Forum Panel Discussion, Town Hall, Reigate. Book your space now

11 October 10am-12.30pm Getting more out of Linkedin, with Nicola McDonald (£30), Reigate Manor Book your space now

16 October 12-2pm LEARNING LUNCH, Getting the most from LinkedIn with the ever-popular Emma Turner, My Social Secretary. Book your space now

NOVEMBER

13 November 11am-2pm LEARNING LUNCH+ Google Digital Garage Comes to Reigate & Banstead! Book your space now

DECEMBER

11 December 12-2pm LEARNING LUNCH, Feather Duster to Stick: how to deal with late payers. Andrew Athineos, Athena Collections. Book your space here .

Join your local Business Guild

Business Guilds are a great way to be part of your local business community.

Banstead - fully committed to helping Banstead become the most vibrant village in Surrey in which to live and work. We are a group of local businesses that recognise our responsibility to the greater community.

Redhill - enhancing Redhill as a place to live, work and do business.

Reigate - a local united voluntary voice from the business community, promoting commerce, events, activities and opportunities for the benefit of Reigate.

Horley Association of Traders - HATs is an open group that all traders and members of the public can join. We continue to drive awareness of Horley as a town and to promote local business growth.

Funding/Consultations

Funding and awards

Reigate & Banstead Business Support Grant Do you have a business based in the borough with less than four employees? Are you looking to grow? Why not apply for our Business Support Grant of up to £1,000?

Successful business grant applicants will also receive one year's membership to Enterprise Nation.

Do you need start-up funding for your business? Struggling to get funding from a mainstream provider? Have a look at responsible finance provider Fredericks Foundation, who may be able to help.

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Surrey's Greener Future
Local Action for Global Impact

Following the declaration of a climate emergency by Surrey County Council (SCC) in July, they are running a community design challenge to identify and prototype community-led ideas for tackling climate change. They are looking for businesses and local organisations to support the design challenge.

In September they will invite residents and community groups to share their ideas about how they and their community could tackle climate change in their local area, either submitting ideas online or by taking part in a local innovation workshop. They’ll invite a community panel consisting of local people and different organisations to shortlist up to 10 of the ideas.

The participants behind those ideas will be provided with specific support to develop and prototype their idea during October and November, before doing a final pitch to connect their ideas with the resources local organisations have to offer. SCC want to ensure that as many ideas as possible are initiated as a result of this process and we will look to connect anyone who puts forward an idea, regardless of whether it is shortlisted, with like-minded people in their area, growing a network of climate change champions.

What are they seeking to achieve?

As one part of Surrey County Council’s response to climate change, they envisage this process being a catalyst to local action and behavioural change in communities that will work alongside wider

policy changes to deliver real impact on global issues.

Alongside the environmental impact of this work, they intend for the process to be about bringing communities together, capitalising on the skills, experience and enthusiasm they have within the county to deliver social value by creating connections and supporting communities to turn their ideas into reality.

Thirdly, SCC want this to be about working with residents, businesses and partners in a new way. Our traditional ways of providing services are no longer sustainable, nor is this what our residents say they want.

This design challenge reflects a new approach where the County Council acts as an enabler and facilitator, looking to use the resources and networks we have to support local communities to do the things they think are needed in response to our climate emergency.

How can organisations be involved?

SCC has two main roles they're looking for businesses or other organisations to play in this process – sponsors and supporters. If you are not in a position to undertake either of these roles then you're still invited to encourage your employees, friends and family to take part!

Sponsors:

They are looking for two organisations to sponsor the Design Challenge. This would involve contributing £8,000 towards the running costs of the challenge (for example specific design thinking

expertise to enable the work, promotional materials, challenge resources and room hire etc.). In return, they can:

Refer to your organisation as a sponsor and key partner throughout the process
Feature your logo in a prominent location on the Design Challenge web pages (hosted within the Surrey County Council website), both on the landing page and on a specific page with details of their sponsors and supporters
Mention your company in SCC hosted social media posts about the design challenge and reciprocally share any social media posts directly relevant to the design challenge that your organisation makes through the appropriate SCC social media channels
Include your logo on all printed promotional materials (and also digital promotions where this is possible within the constraints of the promotion).

Supporters:

Supporters (could be organisations or individuals) will play a critical role as enablers to the design process. This could involve:

Donating £500 to jump-start one of our 10 shortlisted ideas.

They are seeking 10 organisations to specifically contribute in this way

Providing resources to support the challenge:

SCC is looking for organisations with resources they could contribute to making the process a success. Do you have access to a suitable venue they could use for workshops and could you offer refreshments? Could you provide advertising space or the ability to promote the challenge to specific audiences? Does your organisation have staff with skills who could help turn local ideas for action into reality, by taking part in workshops or offering floating support and advice?

In return for your support, your organisation will be mentioned (name and logo) on the ‘Sponsors and Supporters’ webpage. Where appropriate and relevant (e.g. in reference to a specific idea) your organisation will be mentioned in social media posts and/or other communications.

If you are interested, please get in touch with Beth Stewart for an initial conversation.

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