Setting Up a Holistic Business - Beeston Library - Adult Learning

Beeston Library, Beeston

Key details

Date
Time 10am - 2pm
Venue Beeston Library, Beeston
For ages 19+
Group size 5 - 15
Cost FREE - £16

About this course

Over this 4 hour session you will cover the steps needed to guide through the legalities of setting up a therapy business. Including how to self-promote with the use of social media. This Course is designed to give you the tools required to explore Becoming Self Employed or Volunteer in the Holistic Industry. This course is Great as a Starter or as an Awareness if you are recently new to Self-Employment

You will start with an introduction to inspire and the course breakdown. Then move onto what the cobra system is and how this relates to nottinghamshire libraries. Cover the basics of select therapies and what certificates levels are required to become self-employed. You will go through the legalities required, what insurance cover is required. Look into local authorities, who to notify and when. Highlight business banking basics. Setting up your utr (unique tax reference number) and research if you need to be part of any associations related to your holistic therapy.

Exploring websites design, should you pay or design your own. The information is based on wix sites. (others are available) Finishing with how to self-Promote through social media. You will understand hashtags and seo.

Upon completion of the course, you will gain a certificate of attendance.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

Recognise different therapies within the holistic umbrella and Discuss qualifications required for self-employment

Clarify legalities required and execute the right path for your business

Manage your own website and / or use an outside company for Design

Build a social media profile and formulate self promotion using hashtags and seo

If you are with the uk reiki federation(or other governing bodies the certificate for this course will go towards the courses attended for the year's cpd.

What you will need to bring to the course:

A pen and notebook.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

  • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

  • Greater London

  • Greater Manchester

  • Liverpool City Region

  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

  • Tees Valley

  • West of England

  • West Midlands

  • West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

  • Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

  • Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

  • You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded, full cost fees would apply to these courses.

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