ACBBA Services

Fundraising opportunities

One of the aims of Acbba is to develop proposals to attract funding support and engage members in the delivery of projects. Currently the Sied project is providing funding to 26 community organisations covering the London boroughs of Islington, Camden and Lewisham. We recently completed another assignment delivered by our members and have just submitted a new proposal for the provision of business support to Black and minority ethnic entrepreneurs in the Islington area.

Networking

Acbba organises a monthly meeting of community based business advisors to share the experience of providing business advice in different localities and to different communities and to discuss how best to support the needs of specific business clients. The monthly meeting provides an excellent opportunity to develop contacts in an informal, supportive environment.

Continuous Professional Development

In addition to the training provided by our partners, Acbba also organises workshops and presentations on topics of interest to business advisers and the management of community organisations. We also liaise with the Institute of Business Advisors and other bodies offering training and support services to business advisers.

Information

We publish a monthly newsletter distributed by email to all our members, partners and anybody wishing to receive it. It contains information on general issues of interest to businesspeople, news about the business support activities carried out by members and information on resources, tools and other matters relevant to business advisors.

Representational Role

We strongly believe in the establishment of business support rooted at community level, with business advisors based within community organisations, as the most effective way of promoting enterprise development at grass root level. We are determined to gain broad support for these concepts, including funding support, from development agencies and government departments.