Values

As a company The Future Melting Pot and its employees, volunteers and supporters will behave in a manner that supports the following values:

• Act in an honest, open and transparent way at all times and under all situations.
• Be client focused – be they our supporters, business partners, sponsors, volunteers, other stakeholders and employees.
• Have a positive (can do) and practical (hands-on) approach to all things.
• Promote innovation and creativity through the encouragement of ideas and being solutions focused.
• Be culturally sensitive (do things right and do the right thing). Celebrate success
• Listen to supporters, business partners, employees and volunteers so as to share information and help with decision-making.

Approach

The Future Melting Pot aspires to work in partnership and as part of consortiums with existing business support providers such as Business Link as well as other organisations sharing a similar purpose in order to complement service delivery.

This multi agency approach of public sector partnerships, private sector alliances and community networks will ensure the clients we serve receive the maximum benefit in achieving their goals.

We seek to work in a self-sustaining way by hosting annual joint partner fundraisers to bring in financial investment and raise awareness of the project. The entrepreneurs participating in the project have the opportunity to contribute a small percentage of their net profits as a legacy as well as being actively involved as ambassadors.

The work of The Future Melting Pot fits into the objectives of many government policies, including but not limited to, the Sustainable Communities Act 2007, Unlocking UK’s Talent 2008 and Scaling New Heights 2006.

We already have received pledges of support from Birmingham City Council, Business Link and Advantage West Midlands as well as individuals.
The Future Melting Pot seeks to target interested parties wishing to work in partnership with us and other stakeholders.

As a Company The Future Melting Pot will:

• Support the neighbourhood and worklessness agendas by providing sustainable employment opportunities through self employment.
• Be based on local need and will help influence policy makers.
• Provide a united voice for Young people and Women from the ethnic minority communities as members, participants, volunteers and ambassadors.
• Support the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 and community cohesion in its work with vulnerable or marginalised groups from disadvantaged communities and its work in partnership with other organisations in the community.
• Ensure its entrepreneurs, employees and volunteers all help make a positive contribution to the local community.
• Become integral because it targets young people and women of all ages.
• The Future Melting Pot itself will be led by individuals from these target groups.
• Represents excellence in business acumen and a heritage of best practice in its procurement of highly skilled ‘community consultants’ to deliver specific elements of the service who are entrepreneurs in their own right and experienced in working with the private, public, and third sector as well as with the target groups.