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Ben & Jerry's
Founding Partner
International
Ben & Jerry’s were the founding partners of the UP Collective in 2017. The programme is a key part of the social justice mission in Europe, providing funding & placements to enable newcomers to shape their own futures.
TERN
Founding partner
United Kingdom
TERN founded UP Collective in 2017 alongside Ben & Jerry's. TERN delivers UP Collective in London. TERN also manages the international collaboration around UP Collective with close collaborators Delitelabs, PLACE and Caritas. TERN also co-leads on international fundraising and innovation projects for UP Collective.
Ben & Jerry's and TERN are proud to have founded UP Collective in 2017, but even prouder of the wonderful partners who have since joined us in the UP Collective family. Today, UP Collective is more inviting than ever and welcomes other businesses and organisations to join the UP Collective partner group to make the programme better than ever for the next generation & alumni newcomer entrepreneurs.
LEAD PARTNERS
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Help unlock our vision of supporting 1000 newcomer entrepreneurs.
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There’s so much more we can do to support and empower refugees when we work together.
The UP Collective always looks to partner with new organisations to make UP Collective better and better, and to increase its reach and impact. Partners can come on board to:
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hire or contract participants and graduates;
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scouting graduates and their business for their incubator programme and startup finance;
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delivering up the UP Collective programme in a new city;
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funding UP Collective to grow and go to new cities and communities.
Meet the UP Collective partnerships team for an exploratory call.
2024
ACH is a specialist organisation supporting migrants and refugees to build sustainable livelihoods in the UK. Through personalised mentoring, practical training, and financial guidance, ACH helps aspiring and established entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. ACH piloted the programme in Bristol in 2024 and continued as a core partner with TERN in 2025, delivering support between London and Coventry.
ACH
Partner since 2017
Ben & Jerry’s co-founded the programme in 2017 alongside TERN and have been leading on ensuring the programme’s growth ever since, including as part of the UNHCR’s Global Compact.
Ben & Jerry’s
Partner since 2017
TERN co-founded the programme in 2017. Alongside training other partners with the programme content, they have been delivering the programme in London ever since reaching 168 participants so far..
TERN
Partner since 2019
Place have been delivering the UP Collective in France for the last 4 years, reaching 60 newcomer entrepreneurs to date.
Place
Partner since 2018
Delitelabs was the UP Collective’s first international delivery partner and has helped support over 80 newcomer entrepreneurs so far.
Delitelabs
OUR PARTNERS
