A.S.E.S.S. Coaching Idea Submission

Via coaching, Trico Foundation is able to work with a limited number of organizations engaged in social entrepreneurship (using business models – selling products or services – to solve social problems) to close gaps in society (click here for more details). Our coaching approach seeks to train the mind to solve problems rather than simply offering solutions. This is where true capacity building lives as it is about developing skills and strategies that can be called upon when challenges arise throughout a social enterprise journey.

Please see the 'Coaching' Section on our website for further details on our coaching process. To apply to take part in our coaching process, please complete the below idea submission (please note that applicants have to have watched the A.S.E.S.S. videos and filled out the associated tools). As mentioned, we are only able to work with a limited number of organizations and they will be selected based on the alignment of a) their needs and our tools and b) the Trico Foundation’s areas of focus.

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* 1. Please confirm that you have watched the A.S.E.S.S. videos and completed the associated tools listed on the A.S.E.S.S. Webpage (for example: The Blender Canvas, Spare your Ingenuity, Zoom Out/ Zoom In)?

Yes

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* 2. Describe your social enterprise:

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* 3. What is the product or service you are selling?

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* 4. Please select the relevant check boxes below that describe the 'gap in society' your social enterprise seeks to address:

Alleviate poverty

Protect the environment

Uphold human rights

Promote health

Promote the welfare of animals

Provide relief to the victims of natural disasters or other emergencies

Address or prevent specific problems faced by children, youth, or families

Provide certain public works, amenities, services, or facilities (cemeteries, libraries, parks, etc.)

Preserve property of outstanding significance or national importance (cultural property, heritage sites, etc.)

Address the needs of the Aboriginal people of Canada (please note that while the Foundation prefers the term Indigenous peoples, the current wording reflects the caselaw which we suspect reflects the wording of Federal statutes by which we are governed as a private Foundation)

Relieve conditions attributable to being aged

Promote racial equality

Relieve conditions associated with disability; and

Provide for the rehabilitation of those involved in the criminal justice system

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* 5. What stage would you say your social enterprise is at:

Seeking to understand the problem

Seeing if your solution works (it solves the problem and users like it)

Proving financial viability (this can range from proving you can make money selling the solution to proving that you can make enough money to be a financially sustainable social enterprise)

Growing after the financial sustainability of the social enterprise has been proven

Building on growth in a non-linear way (some big jump that fundamentally reimagines the social enterprise – but still builds on the solution and momentum rather than pivoting to something completely new)

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* 6. Once up and running (past piloting), what are your social and financial goals (please include timelines). For example, “social goal: annually create 20 jobs for economically excluded youth, financial goal: we wish to earn an annual return (revenue minus expenses) of $100,000, timeline: five years”?

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* 7. Describe the issues you are seeking coaching for? (try to be specific):

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* 8. Your Details

Organization Name

Contact Name

City/Town

Contact Email Address

Given the high volume of inquiries we get, we cannot respond to every submission and we also ask that you please refrain from contacting the Trico Foundation Team directly. Should the need arise to contact us, please email info@tricofoundation.ca . If we see a potential match, you will hear from us within 10 business days and the next step is typically a conversation.

Thank you, The Trico Foundation Team