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)?

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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:

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

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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

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

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