How will this project help the community?
We will have a portfolio of funding sources that enable us to make a profit. Our permanent costs are low, and we can modify our core know-how to our customers needs. We are selling our training and services to organisations. We are constantly looking for grants and open for investments, donations and charitable gifts.
What is the business idea?
Our business will help people with Down syndrome to achieve their dreams. We are also offering a new social innovation in Abundance enterprises offering communities group based model for supported entreprenurship. We want to help the society to recognise the value and potential of margnialised people.
What personal goals led the group here?
Our group is creative, skilled in media and networking, has international contacts, and needs clearer information on funding opportunities and market pricing.
We have basic digital equipment and internet access, and we can expand our impact by leveraging external resources, partnerships, trade shows, and potential collaborations such as enterprise boards or publishing.
We operate from Ireland & Finland, working mainly online, ready to travel for in-person collaborations.
We need strong time management and a clear strategy to prioritize tasks and delegate when appropriate.
We can engage volunteers, students, and network members to support various operational tasks.
How will this business make a profit?
We have helped Fionn win a great life, and we think we can help others, which we believe is a valuable thing to offer. Our business will train and support business start-ups and young businesses so that people with ID & their families are more likely to be successful. We believe this will be successful because the world needs to invite people with Down syndrome to new entrepreneurial roles together with their family, friends and professionals.
What do we have to make this business successful?
F: To be a better facilitator/trainer/teacher/mentor.
J: To bring together what I have experienced as a supporter of Fionn’s “great life” into a gift that can be shared with other families.
MV (our Finnsh colleague) :
I want to pay my bills by working anywhere with people with Down syndrome and other disabilities, helping to improve their lives.
