Ford C3: Competition 2024

Enactus UK & Ireland x Ford C3: Partner Competition 2024

The purpose of Ford C3 is to challenge Enactus Teams to partner with their local communities to design innovative, student-led projects that address critical community needs. The overarching theme of the Ford C3 is “Building Sustainable Communities.” The Ford C3 mobilizes Enactus teams to empower communities by addressing a critical community need. Enactus teams should design and develop projects that address critical community needs in new ways, with a focus on helping the community become a more sustainable place to work and live. The term “Sustainable Communities” is not meant to be restricted to environmental concerns. Instead, it is used to describe healthy, livable communities that are poised to thrive in a global economy.

Enactus teams’ Ford C3 projects will include the following elements:

  • Create an innovative approach to building sustainable communities, changing the way people move through smart mobility, or driving social mobility

  • Involve students in a leadership role

  • Address urgent and unmet community needs in a tangible way

  • Involve a community-based organization as a partner

  • Generate and document measurable outputs and outcomes to demonstrate how the project improves livelihoods

Potential focus areas for projects could include but are not limited to: Driving Social Mobility, Education and Training, Safety, Economic Development, Sustainable Urban Design, Smart Mobility and Environmental Sustainability.

The Ford C3 Competition is open to all Enactus teams to apply for grants.

 APPLICATION DEADLINE:

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Watch: Application Support Session

Background

Through the Ford C3 Building Sustainable Communities Project Partnership, Enactus, with support from the Ford Motor Company Fund, challenges Enactus teams to use entrepreneurial action to find innovative, creative and unique ways to address an urgent, unmet social need or problem in the local community, empowering the community to become a more sustainable place to work and live.

Timeline

Ford C3 Application Support Session (21st Feb 2024)

Attend the Ford C3 Grant Application Support Session for Insider tips on tricks on how to write an impactful and successful grant application. Register to attend the session

Application Deadline (8th March 2024)

Applications open for teams to submit their projects and apply for a Ford C3 Grant: Projects will be assessed on: 'How well does the team create an innovative approach to Building Sustainable Communities, changing the Way People Move through Smart Mobility or Driving Social Mobility?'. Click here to apply now

The Top Projects will be announced live on stage by the Ford Motor Company Fund at the National Expo 2024 on 9th April!