SAMEE
Description
SAMEE equips people with disabilities and additional needs with essential skills to become successfully self-employed.
Set up in 2016 in Dorset by founders with personal experience of disabilities, to date SAMEE have supported over 1,400 people. Their award-winning Steps into Self-Employment course sees 75% of graduates move on to self-employment. Impact evaluation shows that for every £1 SAMEE spends, £115.92 of social value is created.
SAMEE has local authorities across the South West and South East queuing up to pay for their services, but they lack capacity. The Fore’s grant will pay for a Partnerships Manager to give the leadership space to develop a sustainable growth plan and to build the new relationships needed to make it happen. SAMEE plans to scale their unique offer across the South of England.
Funding programme:Core Programme
Funding round:2023 Autumn
Grant amount:30000
Location: South West
Sector: Disability, Economic development and employability, Health and wellbeing