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What is your email address?

What is your first name?

What is your last name?

What is your date of birth? (DD-MM-YYYY)

Where do you live:

Which statement(s) best describes your current employment situation?
  • Working full-time - more than 30 hours/week
  • Working part-time - less than 30 hours/week
  • Working for yourself - self-employed, or owner/director of a business
  • Unemployed and looking for work
  • Recently been made redundant
  • Re-starting your working life after illness
  • Re-starting your working life because of changes in caring responsibilities
  • In full-time education
  • Retired
  • Other

Are you in receipt of Universal Credit or other benefits?

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Congratulations.

 

It appears from your answers we can offer you a free place on the course!

In order to ensure you qualify, please complete the next set of required questions.

You do not need to prepare anything for this application, just tell us a little about yourself and your business experience, so that we can consider your application. You can choose not to answer some questions by moving on to the next question, though some questions are compulsory. We expect this form will not take longer than 10 minutes of your time to complete. We will confirm your place for the course within a few days, so please watch for emails from us at [email protected]

At the Startup School For Seniors we use an email to identify you, so please use the same email for this form that you would like to use for your course profile.

All responses will be treated confidentially and your data will be processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Privacy Policy of Advantages of Age Ltd. Advantages of Age Ltd is the data controller, and their full Privacy Policy can be found here: https://www.advantagesofage.org.uk/privacy-policy.

Thank you. It looks like you may qualify for a free place based on our funder's requirements. However, we need to collect further information from you first and will inform you upon completion of this brief questionnaire.

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Please specify your ethnicity:

What best describes your gender?

Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

What is the current postcode where you live?

House number or house name

What is the highest level educational qualification you have achieved?

Which Startup School For Seniors course would you like to apply for?

Scholarships are funded by the Government and we are required to check the information below:
  • I confirm that I am over 19yrs as old as at 28th March 2022 and
  • I have been ordinarily resident in UK\EEA for 3yrs before the start of my course OR
  • I have the Right of Abode in the UK and have been ordinarily resident for the last 3yrs
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You, social media and digital skills

This is about you and your use of social media and general confidence in the digital world

Do you currently use social media regularly, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.

Which social media do you actively use? (please tick all that apply)
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • Other
Below are statements about your feelings and thoughts. Please select the answer that best describes your experience over the last 2 weeks

I've been feeling optimistic about the future

  • None of the time
  • Rarely
  • Some of the time
  • Often
  • All of the Time

I've been feeling useful

  • None of the time
  • Rarely
  • Some of the time
  • Often
  • All of the Time

I've been feeling relaxed

  • None of the time
  • Rarely
  • Some of the time
  • Often
  • All of the Time

I've been thinking clearly

  • None of the time
  • Rarely
  • Some of the time
  • Often
  • All of the Time

I've been dealing with problems well

  • None of the time
  • Rarely
  • Some of the time
  • Often
  • All of the Time

I've been feeling close to people

  • None of the time
  • Rarely
  • Some of the time
  • Often
  • All of the Time

I've been able to make up my mind about things

  • None of the time
  • Rarely
  • Some of the time
  • Often
  • All of the Time
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About you and your business

This section is about you, your business idea and your business knowledge and skills.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:


I have the skills and knowledge to start or grow my business

  • Strongly disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Agree
  • Strongly agree

I have a clear plan to start or grow my business or business idea

  • Strongly disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Agree
  • Strongly agree

I am confident of my next steps for this business

  • Strongly disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Agree
  • Strongly agree

I have the know-how to create video content for my business

  • Strongly disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Agree
  • Strongly agree

I would feel confident putting video content I have created online

  • Strongly disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Agree
  • Strongly agree

Have you tried to start or grow a business before?

Are you attending this course about…

Have you earned money as a result of your own products or services in the last month?

How much did you earn from your own products or services in the last month?

Please indicate the legal status of your business or business idea

What expectations do you have from this course?

And finally... How did you hear about us?

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