Join a supportive community of entrepreneurs and experts to get the support you need to launch, grow and scale your business.
Applications are now open!
Join a supportive community of entrepreneurs and experts to get the support you need to launch, grow and scale your business.
Applications are now open!
Social Value is about the positive, measurable impact an organisation has on communities, local economies, and the environment, beyond its financial bottom line.
Hatch has been delivering social value since 2014, supporting more than 10,000 underrepresented founders to launch, grow and scale sustainable businesses that create good jobs, grow local economies and meet community needs.
A Hatch partnership gives your bid a commitment with an experienced delivery partner behind it, at a scale that fits your contract.
Working with Hatch has been invaluable. They help us to reach businesses that really need the support and equip them with the skills, knowledge and networks to thrive in the current climate. We’re really pleased that our partnership with Hatch has made the Southwark Pioneers Fund: Grow Your Enterprise programme such a success
Meghna Bhattacharya,
Senior Strategy Officer,
Southwark Council
Everything you need to name Hatch Enterprise as your social value partner in one document – from framework mapping and outcome data, to ready-to-use bid text.
At Hatch Enterprise, we specialise in creating authentic social value. Whether your tender is scored against PPN 026 for central government or the National TOMs for a council, Hatch can be the delivery partner behind your social value commitment. Every partnership is scoped to your tender, and every outcome is tracked and reported so you can evidence delivery at each contract review:
We support founders to build businesses that create good jobs where they live. For many people, running a business is also a route into work when traditional employment doesn’t fit their lives. We track jobs created and safeguarded, both at the end of the programme and 12 months on
We develop entrepreneurial skills that drive economic growth, addressing skills gaps by supporting founders to build businesses in growth sectors. Our programmes create job creators, not just job seekers, multiplying the employment impact across local economies.
We directly build economic resilience by supporting founders to establish sustainable small businesses, voluntary organisations, and community social enterprises. Over 80% of the founders we work with run businesses with social impact, creating purpose-driven supply chains that deliver both commercial and social value.
Many of our founders set up businesses that respond to needs in their own communities. Supporting them brings wider social and economic benefits to the places your contract serves, and continues well beyond the contract.
Your employees can mentor founders, run expert clinics and sit on pitch panels as friendly dragons. They build their own skills and experience while supporting local businesses, and every hour is logged and reported.
We co-design programmes with the people taking part, including groups central government names as social value target cohorts: Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, neurodivergent people, and young people not in employment, education or training. We also reach women and other marginalised genders and founders from an ethnic minority.
What makes Hatch so exciting and unique is the variety of entrepreneurs we support. Our founders go on to play an important role in developing and improving the social and economic fabric of their community.
10k+
Founders supported through our programmes and events since 2014
1800+
Founders were supported through our longer term Launchpad, Incubator, Accelerator and Deep Dive cohort programmes
77%
of our founders identify as women or other marginalised genders
62%
of our founders are from an ethnic minority background
30%
of founders are Disabled or neurodivergent
78%
of businesses we support aim to create positive social or environmental impact
10,000+ UK founders have been supported through our programmes and events since 2014.
80% of the founders we support run businesses with social impact, creating a multiplier effect that delivers both economic growth and community benefit.
Our extensive network ensures community-led solutions that deliver authentic impact through locally-rooted enterprises.
We recognise that entrepreneurship can be particularly valuable for groups who face barriers in traditional employment, creating flexible, empowering alternatives that build on individual strengths.
Our robust evaluation frameworks provide the evidence you need to demonstrate real social value to procurement authorities and stakeholders.
From initial bid strategy to programme delivery and evaluation, we provide comprehensive support that reduces your risk and maximises your social value return.
Collaborate with Hatch to meet your goals and engage your employees in volunteering with impactful businesses:
Deryl Thatcher,
Head of Corporate Partnerships
deryl.t@hatchenterprise.org