• Capacity Development Provider

The Clothing Bank

The Clothing Bank, through its multiple programs, offer unemployed men and women the opportunity to learn new skills and support them in starting their own small businesses. The Clothing Bank's programmes aim to inspire, skill and support unemployed South Africans to eradicate poverty in their lives.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Co-working space
    • Cohort or group support
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Needs assessment
    • Performance management

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Wholesale and retail trade

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Social enterprise
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs

  • Impact objectives

    • Access to education
    • Access to information
    • Access to financial services
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