Citizen First LCR will support hidden entrepreneurs from local communities to develop businesses rooted in their own lived experiences of health and care challenges.
More than 200 people from across the Liverpool City Region applied to participate in the initiative - the first time Public Life’s Citizen Incubator model has been brought to Liverpool - which is integral to Liverpool City Region’s Health and Life Sciences Innovation Zone.
Following an extensive recruitment campaign that included a CV-less application process - designed to reduce barriers to entry - and pitching workshops, the programme has now launched. The selected entrepreneurs will now each receive a Real Living Wage Salary, seed funding, and comprehensive support for a full year to support their fledgling businesses:
Community: Runcorn
Business idea: MySleepHealth
Community: South Liverpool
Business idea: Sensified Spaces
Community: Prescot
Business idea: Young Entrepreneurs Club
Community: Formby
Business idea: Laurels Wood
Community: Toxteth
Business idea: EnviroClean LCR
Community: Childwall
Business idea: Guided Robotics
Community: Toxteth
Business idea: Hair: Anywhere
Community: Childwall
Business idea: Inclusive Sports and Media Enterprise
