Community Catalysts

The community enterprise development programme in City of Westminster & Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Community Catalysts

Community Catalysts is a social enterprise working across the UK to try to make sure that people who need care and support to live their lives can get help in ways, times and places that suit them, with real choice of attractive local options. We help local people use their energies and talents to deliver sustainable community micro-enterprises that can support other local people, creating jobs and volunteering opportunities.

Community Catalysts in the City of Westminster & Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

This is a new and exciting project delivered in partnership with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea & City of Westminster. The two-year project aims to stimulate the development and growth of community micro-enterprises that provide a wide range of help and support for older people and people with learning disabilities.

Community Micro-Enterprise

People with talents, passion and local knowledge run community micro-enterprises. They all aim to make a difference to the lives of local people. Our project has a focus on enterprises that support older or disabled people who need some care or help to live a good life:

• have 8 or fewer full-time staff or volunteers
• are independent of any larger organisation.
• are set up in many different and creative ways such as: sole trader, partnership, small business, social enterprise, charity or voluntary organisation.

Support from the Community Micro-Enterprise Project

Community Catalysts has a huge amount of experience helping local people establish community micro-enterprises. We run a development programme which can:

• offer you a friendly and supportive point of contact to explore ideas
• support you to develop your community micro-enterprise
• give you practical information on regulation, training and opportunities in the health and social care sector
• direct you to other organisations who can help

What might this mean for me?

Community Catalysts can support people who are currently running a community micro-enterprise that helps older or disabled people. We can also help people who are interested in starting a new community micro-enterprise.

We would also like to connect with people, organisations, businesses or groups across the area who have an interest in building stronger communities.

Get in touch

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Bhupinder Kaur and Clare McGuire are employed by Community Catalysts to coordinate this project and to run the development programme. Contact Details: KensingtonandChelsea@communitycatalysts.co.uk or call:

• Bhupinder Kaur: 07881 297330
• Clare McGuire: 07595 411945

City Of Westminster

Joe Espindola and Andy Naylor are employed by Community Catalysts to coordinate this project and to run the development programme. Contact Details: Westminster@communitycatalysts.co.uk or call:

• Joe Espindola: 07939 958614
• Andy Naylor: 07876 836317