Corinne Nam, Founder of British jewellery brand Astrid & Miyu, is launching two separate mentorship programmes to help six young black founders navigate through the start-up lifecycle and 10 black students kickstart their career in the fashion industry, in support of the BLM movement. Corinne has pledged her full three-month salary towards raising additional funds to provide grants along with mentorship to black-owned consumer brand businesses. 

Leah Remfry-Peploe and Nikki Michelsen, co-founders of organic tampon brand Ohne, have joined forces with four of the A&M team to offer a three-month Business Accelerator Programme covering all aspects of business and tailored to the needs of each chosen entrepreneur. Six new business owners will be selected for mentoring and awarded a £3,000 grant each on completion of the programme. 

As an extension of the Business Accelerator Programme, Nam and her passionate team are also launching the Graduate Accelerator Programme, designed to give unprivileged BAME students skills and guidance to kick start their career. Ten students will be paired with some of Astrid & Miyu’s management and senior team covering areas such as; marketing, account management, merchandising, design and buying. 

Black-owned businesses interested in applying for the Business Accelerator programme should apply here by 30 June. Those shortlisted will be interviewed in the week commencing 6 July with mentoring kicking off in mid-July for the chosen six.

Details of how to apply for the Graduate Accelerator Programme are now available here.