YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
The Hope Factory offers an Unemployed Youth Community Development Programme to equip youth to take control of their lives and become positive economic contributors through knowledge transfer, skills and capacity development interventions in their communities either by:
- Finding employment/learnership/work experience opportunities or
- Developing a Business Idea with which to start and operate their own small business.
The objective of the programme is to ignite hope and uplift youth towards a better quality of life through self-leadership, financial and digital literacy, job readiness and business idea generation skills. Equipping young people with relevant skills to secure work experience and enhance their employability OR start their own small business.
We Build Hope in our youth, fostering economic inclusion, and promoting long-term self-sufficiency that improves their quality of life.
ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR MICRO BUSINESS OWNERS
The Hope Factory’s Micro Business Skills Programme focus on igniting start-ups with business and financial training and mentoring to equip and capacitate them with fundamental knowledge and skills needed to start and operate a successful financially sustainable business.
We equip micro business owners:
- to operate financially well-managed small businesses that brings about economic contribution through support to access funding and new market opportunities;
- to increase their personal livelihoods that results in resilience against poverty as business owners draw a monthly salary.
The programme focuses on the following four pillars: Product Development, Financial Management, Sales and Promotion, Digital Literacy.
ACCREDITED SHORT SKILLS PROGRAMMES
The Hope Factory is an accredited service provider with QCTO and have implemented accredited skills training since 2018. Currently we offer the following three short skills programmes:
- Workplace Preparation (NQF Level 2) – 30 credits: 15 days of training
- Workplace Essential Skills (NQF Level 4) – 20 credits: 12 days of training
- New Venture Creation (NQF Level 2) – 32 credits: 15 days of training
We offer end-to-end project management of the short skills programmes from recruitment through to awarding of the accredited certificates.
FLAGSHIP AND CUSTOMISED B-BBEE SOLUTIONS
We believe in economic transformation through sustainable entrepreneurship development.
The Hope Factory and SAICA Enterprise Development is well positioned to offer corporate South Africa solutions for their B-BBEE scorecard needs while making measurable impact.
The Hope Factory offers Socio-Economic Development and Skills Development solutions while SAICA Enterprise Development implements Enterprise and Supplier Development flagship Programmes and customised Projects.
We provide full B-BBEE proof packs for verification purposes that are comprehensive, accurate and will score you the associated points on your B-BBEE scorecard.
The biggest benefit for corporate SA in choosing our solutions is that you get to do B-BBEE in a meaningful way.
FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE FOR MSMEs
Growing South Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through advancing the sustainable growth of small Black businesses.
We believe that creating financially savvy entrepreneurs will help businesses to grow sustainably, access funding successfully and ultimately employs more people.
SAICA Enterprise Development’s core interventions to develop financially savvy MSMEs are:
- Finance Bootcamps
- Finance Coaching
- Back Office Accounting Support
- Compliance for access to funding
The value of our MSME development leads to Impact driven solutions that are measurable:
- Growing MSMEs to create jobs
- Developing their businesses through increased turnover and improved profitability
- Providing opportunities for unemployed accounting graduates
- Township revitalisation and rural development