About

The Tree Shepherd Story

Tree Shepherd is a charity established 14 years ago to help people locally to establish their own enterprises and, in turn, give back to their local community by creating successful local businesses and employment.

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Our vision is of a world where everybody has the self-belief, the tools and networks to actively participate in their local economy.

We believe that with trust and patience everyone can take a positive role in their community.

Our mission is to create employment and transform deprived areas into thriving communities through bringing the talents of local people and local enterprises into collaborative networks.

We achieve this through a dynamic combination of enterprise training, business support and practical help delivered with empathy and commitment.

How do we do this?

We work with partners including local authorities, housing associations, developers, social enterprises and organisations, trainers, mentors and local and national businesses.
We create informative and comprehensive Start Your Own Enterprise training courses to help individuals fulfil their dreams of starting their own business.
We provide one to one business mentoring and business support working through the business plan and helping achieve goals.
We provide work and maker space to new enterprises at affordable rates.

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Events

Events and training for local entrepreneurs

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Workspaces

Affordable rates for local businesses

We provide work and maker space to local businesses and affordable rates at our workspaces: Glows located in Tulse Hill in SE London a short distance from Brixton and Thrive in Surrey Quays, SE16 near Canada Water.

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