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School for Social Entrepreneurs provide an intensive, complete package of support that meets the needs of social entrepreneurs. This person-centred approach has been independently proven to create sustainable, thriving organisations that provide significant, lasting social and economic impact. A large national partnership with Lloyds Banking Group and The Big Lottery Fund enables SSE to award grants to social entrepreneurs on their Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs start-up and scale-up programmes across the UK. In addition to its core start-up programme, the SSE offers courses to more established social entrepreneurs who are looking to scale their organisation and specialist courses on a range of topics