If you decide to accept the challenge, it’s important to know that you’re not alone. Here’s a guideline to clarify the process. Below you’ll also find the jury’s criteria for your idea.
Do you have a great idea that has social value in terms of empower community living, Positive Health or health care prevention? Is it also useful for lots of people and can be executed on a long term? Then send in your idea by filling in the form below. If you’re still looking for inspiration, take a look here. Haven’t you got an idea yet, but are you willing to contribute anyway? We are happy to help you think of an idea that suits both you and your company.
As soon as you signed up with your idea, we’ll contact you. Together we’ll take a look at your plan and how it fits within the criteria of the Challenge, which you can find below. After this, you’ll know what aspects and what you have to work on. To get more information you can visit our information meetings about the social impact topics.
After the information meetings you hand in your definitive version of the plan, we judge it and let you know if you’re in the running towards getting a part of the budget you requested.
The municipality of Groningen invests in your plan with a maximum of 50%. The other 50% is for your own account. You can achieve this by financing yourself, or by finding partners. This will make your plan stand strong.
We will support you with workshops and advice during the implementation: that way, you can make as much impact as possible!
Did your plan received a positive judgement? Yeah you get the finances you need. We want to assist you with your project by.
– A proffesional photoshoot
– You will get a projectpage on this website
– 5 workshops
– Coaching for an experienced entrepreneur
The professional pictures will be used for several media channels. You get to use them for your own purposes too. You’ll get a place in our gallery, among other entrepreneurs that already sent in an idea or started a social initiative.
For a short period, every entrepreneur that participates, can gather votes. On the website, citizens of Groningen and your clients can vote for the best idea. The idea with the most votes wins an additional price of €1.000,-
In addition, a professional jury will look into the different aspects of the initiatives. The best idea will receive an additional price of €5.000,-
To what problem is your idea a solution?
Who benefits from your idea?
With whom would you like to collaborate?
Does your idea work on the long term?
Is your idea applicable elsewhere in Groningen?
Is it expandable?
What is it that makes your idea innovative in terms of your business or the offer in the city?
We also would like you to start thinking about the budget of your project,
considering you invest half of it.
