Our work / Incubator Programme
Arrive with a mission. Build the organisation to carry it.
A six-month certification programme, run one cohort at a time — Cohort 4 takes eight organisations at once. Professional support delivered inside your organisation.
6
months
8
Organisations in Cohort 4
Inside
your organisation
The transformation
ARRIVE → BUILD → LEAVE STRONGER
01
Arrive
Bring the mission.
The Incubator supports non-profits to build the organisational capacity behind their work. The programme runs for six months, one cohort at a time.
02
Build
Put the structure in place.
Business support
Build the systems and professional capability your organisation needs.
Governance training
Strengthen the governance behind your mission.
Board development
Develop the board that supports your organisation.
Fundraising strategy
Build a strategy for raising the resources to sustain the work.
03
Leave stronger
Carry the capability forward.
A board, financial systems and a fundraising strategy: capacity that stays within your organisation and supports the work beyond the programme.
ARRIVE / BUILD / LEAVE STRONGER describes the journey, not a fixed module schedule.
Connects to the wider model
Beyond the fellowship
ASPIRE Standards provides an independent six-pillar governance assessment. The Volunteers programme matches Barbadian professionals pro bono to Fellows by skill.
01
Governance & legal compliance
02
Financial management
03
Business, strategic & impact planning
04
Human resources
05
Resource mobilisation & proposals
06
Branding & communications
Where the value comes from
We give expertise, not cheques
ASPIRE does not operate a grant-making programme. What we place into an organisation is professional time — given free by senior Barbadian professionals — and the systems that time leaves behind. This is what that time would have cost to buy.
1,800 hours of direct support across 20 organisations, plus 456 hours of programme design, selection and certification: 2,256 hours, valued at BBD 808,300 (USD 404,150). Each Standard is priced at the commercial rate for the profession that leads it, from BBD 250 an hour for creative work to BBD 500 for legal. Nobody is paid — this is what the time would have cost had ASPIRE bought it. Hours are estimated from the programme calendar pending our volunteers’ own records.
Eligibility & requirements
The Incubator is a six-month certification programme, run one cohort at a time. Entry is decided by screening and selection against ASPIRE’s published minimum criteria — organisations that meet the bar below are eligible to apply.
- Twelve months operating.
- CAIPO-registered.
- Financially secure for the term of the programme.
- Two dedicated people, including a board member.
- A written commitment from the organisation to complete the programme.
Apply or ask a question
Tell us about your organisation and we will get back to you about the next Incubator intake.
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Your next step
Could a six-month programme change your organisation?
Explore your eligibility and speak with ASPIRE about the Incubator Programme.