Building Blocks 2: Mapping your Model

Making social change requires energy and passion – but sustaining that work takes resources, strategies, and supportive ways of working.

Join the 2nd workshop in this series to explore the social business model canvas and why it’s used. Test it out with fellow changemakers and learn about the different concepts included. The workshop will help you:

• Understand how your value proposition can also support other activities, including grant fundraising, communications, and building community engagement 
• Learn how to complete the social business model canvas, and how to practically apply this tool in different contexts
• Gain confidence to describe your own experience and activities using principles of this activity, both to your own team and others 

Register for workshop 2 here. 

Who are our facilitators?

Mariama Njie-Ceesay is a social impact leader, trainer and coach. She is passionate about supporting marginalised groups, in particular Black Women, Youth, Grassroots, and Founder-led organisations to help them design income strategies that create sustainable impact.

Her career includes leading social enterprise programmes at Coventry University which supported over 30 start-ups to launch during the COVID-19 pandemic, earning her a place on the UK Social Enterprise Roll of Honour. She has co-created international training with the British Council, worked on European social innovation initiatives, and built inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems across Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Inderjit Sahota brings over three decades of community development and leadership experience in the voluntary and community sector, with a strong track record in advancing community cohesion, social justice, and sustainability. 

Her work is driven by a deep commitment to empowering marginalised and underrepresented communities, and her experience spans community organising, programme management and capacity building, with a focus on long-term, sustainable impact.

A creative and strategic thinker, she is passionate about nurturing enterprising communities. As well as providing tailored one-to-one coaching and leadership development sessions that promote resilience, self-care, and strategic clarity, she has helped numerous organisations become investment-ready, unlocking opportunities for growth and the development of new social enterprises.