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New to Circular Economy Fund
Circular Economy Innovation Communities co-created a new seed-corn fund, with Welsh Government, for organisations looking to develop CE innovation projects. The pilot New to Circular Economy fund offered organisations up to £10,000 in grant as part of a £15,000 scoping or feasibility phase of a new product or service. CEIC Wales supported 77 organisations to develop outline applications with 27 presenting their proposed projects to a Welsh Government panel and 18 organisations successfully secured funding to develop robust feasibility studies for their proposed circular economy innovation project. Nature Protects describe their innovation in a video case study.
Dr Gary Walpole is the Director of the Circular Economy Innovation Communities and Co-Director of the Regional Innovation & Regeneration Centre.
He is a Leadership and Management Development (L&MD) pracademic with an outstanding record of leading new ventures and large projects. He has a proven track-record of designing, developing and delivering leadership and management development programmes and organisational development initiatives. Gary is also a Director of Indycube CIC, the largest co-working provider in Wales.
Recent Publications: https://pure.cardiffmet.ac.uk/en/persons/gary-walpole/publications/