The University of New Hampshire’s Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise Social Sector Franchise Initiative in Partnership with the IFA’s Social Sector Task Force invites eligible socially oriented franchise business owners to apply to participate in the UNH Social Sector Franchise Accelerator (SSFA).
We welcome applications from founders/CEOs any social enterprise, i.e. an organization (for-profit, non-profit or hybrid) for whom positive social and/or environmental impact is central to the mission and organizations who have already begun to implement a franchise
system but who are looking to scale. In some cases, we also welcome applications from social enterprises that have a well-developed proof-of-concept and are just in the beginning stages of implementing their franchise system.
The SSFA is designed to identify pathways to significantly improved social sector franchise sustainability and impact. These improvements in efficiency, management and overall effectiveness take place through a multi-faceted learning process including:
• Franchising 101 online training course
• Paid expenses to travel to Durham, NH, USA for roundtable
• Solutions Prototyping Accelerator Process
• One-on-one mentoring with a highly skilled commercial franchise mentor
• A community of practice comprised of practitioners from social enterprise,
franchising, impact finance and other skill areas
• Participation in learning events such as webinars and podcast discussions
• Funded field visits by researchers and mentors
• Development of a case study about your social sector franchise which will be
published through UNH’s Carsey School of Public Policy Perspectives Series and/or
other publications
• Potential to have supported UNH student teams to do follow-on service trips in
summer 2019 to help assist your organization with key projects
For the application and additional information please contact:
William Maddocks, SSFI Director
 
Important Dates
• March 13 –SSFA application process opens
• April 27 – SSFA application process closes 5 PM EDT
• May 11 – SSFA 2018-19 Protégé Cohort selection announced
• May 25 – Mentor and Protégé matches announced
• June 1- June 15 Mentor-Protégé Virtual Introductions
• July 17 – Protégé Orientation Webinar
• August 6 – 17 Franchising Basics mini-course (self -directed)
• October 8 Protégés and mentors arrive in NH
• October 9 Mentor-Protégé orientation day
• October 10-11 Social Sector Franchise Innovations Roundtable
• November 5 (approximately) LCSA Mentor-Protégé calls begin
• January 7-18, 2019 Visits by UNH student research fellows to SSFA protégé sites.
• May 2018 SSFA Mentor-Protégé calls end
For the application and additional information please contact:
William Maddocks, SSFI Director