Iridescent Ideas has worked with a wide range of social enterprises and charities. See below for examples of our work
We helped Plymouth University spin out the award winning Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise - an £8 million business delivering dental teaching and community work.
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“With Iridescent Ideas CIC support we were able to successfully create a multi-million pound social enterprise. Their understanding of social enterprise and advice gave us the confidence to create and develop PDSE CIC.” - Rob Witton, Director of PDSE CIC
We helped FlyPlymouth develop their mission and supported them to define their social impact.
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“I am very satisfied with the work delivered by Iridescent Ideas and I will continue to recommend them to anyone that is in the process of setting up a social enterprise.” - Andy Turnock, Fly Plymouth
We supported Prime Skatepark to raise over £35,000 to finance the development of skate facilities.
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"We couldn't have completed the application as well as we did without your help" - Ash Parker, Skatepark Manager
We provided funding support and were successful in helping Smart Savings secure over £100,000.
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“I cannot fault their service. It’s very beneficial to have a funding expert to review my work once I’ve written it. I have been most impressed with the research completed for our Comic Relief application.“ - Jane Jiwa, Founder
We helped Memory Matters create a feasibility study that was used to secure investment to grow and develop an exciting city centre cafe project.
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"Iridescent Ideas are the first people I call when I have a new business idea; they not only provide clear explanations of how I can fund the idea, but go above and beyond what you would usually expect from a service." - Kate Smith, Founding Director
We created a three year business plan for leasing a community centre for the benefit of the community.
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We undertook a three year project to evaluate PDREC's successful Big Lottery Fund project.
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“This is excellent. Exactly what we want for future funders, and a great summary of three year’s work with areas to move on with. Thank you so much, this is a great piece of work!” - Becca Adshead, Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council
We helped the Eden Project prove the success of the national Big Lunch Extras programme.
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“Very helpful in shaping future strategy. Especially for our future funding bid.” - Peter Blenard, Eden Project
Following on from writing a social impact report, BCFB commissioned us to undertake an evaluation of their Community Aboard project which was funded by Power to Change. The programme aimed to get more people involved in the boats, train crew members and increase volunteering opportunities plus deliver a significantly better range of educational trips for schoolchildren.
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