Supporting Communities

In its earlier years the organisation delivered a range of community focused enterprise and support activity, helping local people access ideas, skills, networks and opportunities that could improve their lives and prospects.

The Challenges of Recent Years

Like many small community organisations, the last four years have brought significant challenges. The impact of the pandemic, changes in funding landscapes, economic uncertainty and wider pressures on both individuals and organisations meant that activity within Enterprise Revolution CIC reduced substantially.

During this period the organisation remained active in principle but operated at a minimal level while its directors focused on sustaining wider delivery activity and supporting businesses and communities through exceptionally difficult economic conditions.

Across many communities in Teesside there are increasing levels of economic inactivity, low confidence, social isolation, poor health outcomes and concerns around people being left behind by rapid economic and technological change. At the same time, many people still possess valuable skills, practical talents, ideas and lived experience that are often overlooked or unsupported.

Relaunching Enterprise Revolution CIC

The relaunch of Enterprise Revolution CIC represents a renewed commitment to addressing these challenges through practical, community based enterprise activity.

The organisation is now entering a new phase focused on rebuilding local confidence, strengthening community relationships and creating accessible pathways into participation, skills development, enterprise activity and local leadership.

This new direction builds on years of experience delivering enterprise, skills and business support across Teesside and beyond, while recognising that traditional models of support do not always reach the people who need them most.

What Comes Next

Rather than focusing purely on business creation, Enterprise Revolution CIC will use enterprise as a tool for community regeneration, confidence building and social connection. The aim is to create supportive local environments where people feel able to contribute, test ideas, develop practical skills and become more connected to opportunities within their communities.

The pilot projects we have developed will allow Enterprise Revolution CIC to test and develop a new community enterprise model rooted in collaboration, accessibility and long term local impact, with the ambition of creating a scalable approach that can support communities across Teesside in the future.