Across our member network, Circle Square represents a wide range of professional backgrounds including: entrepreneurs, doctors, writers, partners in professional services firms, journalists, property developers, academics, bankers, psychologists, corporate executives and CEOs, charity trustees, musicians, teachers, film producers and more.

This gives us unrivalled access to a range of mentors across different sectors. Members can opt to become mentors and can get involved in a variety of ways:

• Supporting Partner Transition clients as part of our Planning Your Next Chapter programme
• Supporting charity CEOs
• Supporting small business founders and leaders

Circle Square has partnered with CAN Invest, an organisation that provides capital and business support to help charities and social enterprises to increase their social impact, and improve their business operations and financial sustainability.

A key focus for CAN is accelerating impact through mentor support. Leveraging the diverse skill set of our Circle Square membership, we can offer guidance, business acumen and expertise to social enterprises in several different ways:

1. On a medium-term mentoring basis, helping CEOs or Boards of social enterprises to manage their organisations’ development such as undertaking a restructure or launching a new for-profit service (e.g. 3-9 months)
2. On a short-term advisory basis, helping a social enterprise create a specific output or complete a specific process, to meet a short term business challenge (e.g. 1-2 months)
3. One-off feedback opportunities such as supporting with a pitch development or offering advice on a particular challenge they face (e.g. 30-90 minute session)