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  • Funding phase one

Founding Supporter

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Support the first phase of the Cheese Hub and help create practical digital infrastructure that cheesemakers, cheesemongers and partners can use together.
Become a supporter
Contribution
  • Recognition as a Founding Place Partner
  • Invitation to the first partner roundtable
  • Access to the pilot evidence pack
Overview

Support the sector. Help build something useful.

Founding Supporters are suppliers, partners and organisations that want to help strengthen the cheese sector. Your support helps fund the wider Cheese Hub, while giving you the opportunity to work with us on a sponsored campaign that creates practical value for cheesemakers, cheesemongers and the wider community.

Help fund the wider Hub
Your support helps build the shared knowledge, campaigns, tools, insights, community and digital infrastructure that the Cheese Hub needs to grow.
Support a practical campaign
Work with us on a sponsored campaign built around a genuine opportunity, challenge or need within the cheese sector.
Create value before visibility
Build awareness by contributing something useful to the community, rather than relying on traditional advertising or sales-led promotion.
Help shape what gets built
Share your perspective, expertise and ideas as the Hub develops, helping us identify useful opportunities for the wider sector.
Be recognised as a founding supporter
Join the organisations that backed the Cheese Hub at the beginning and helped create a stronger shared resource for the cheese community.
Why it exists

Shared infrastructure needs early support

Cheesemakers and cheesemongers are often trying to solve the same digital problems on their own. Founding Supporters help fund the first shared resources, tools and systems, so the sector can benefit from work that is created once, improved over time and used by many.

Small businesses should not carry the full build cost
The Hub is designed to support smaller cheese businesses, but the first layer of useful content, tools and structure needs investment before membership begins.
Many digital challenges are shared
Makers and mongers often need help with campaigns, content, customer follow-up, email, AI, local search, events, online sales and measurement.
Duplication wastes time and money
If every business starts from scratch, the sector repeats the same work again and again. Shared resources reduce that waste.
Membership works better when value is visible
Founding Support helps create real resources first, so future members are joining something practical rather than an empty platform.
Supporters help build confidence in the idea
Visible early backing shows that partners, suppliers and sector supporters believe the Hub is worth building.
How it helps

Your support creates practical resources for the cheese sector

Funding from Founding Supporters supports the first phase of work across the Hub. The aim is to create useful things once, test them with the community, improve them over time and make them available to many cheese businesses.

Knowledge Hub
Practical playbooks, guides, checklists and how-to resources that help busy cheese businesses take action without feeling overwhelmed.
Campaign Hub
Ready-to-use campaign kits for seasonal promotions, tastings, events, gifting, awareness days, local marketing and customer engagement.
Digital Toolkit
Templates, simple tools, calculators, setup guides and shared digital resources that reduce the cost and complexity of doing things alone.
Community Hub
Spaces, conversations, feedback loops and peer support that help makers, mongers and partners learn from each other.
Insights Hub
Benchmarks, surveys, simple reports and shared learning that help the sector make better decisions from real evidence.
AI Lab
Safe, practical AI experiments, prompts and examples that help cheese businesses use AI without losing their voice, judgement or authenticity.
Project Hub
A transparent roadmap that shows what is being built, what is planned, what has been tested and where supporters can see progress.
How it works

A one-off contribution that funds the founding build

This is designed to be simple. Your organisation makes a founding contribution, receives recognition and updates, and helps create the shared foundations before membership opens more widely.

You make a one-off contribution of £3,000
This supports the founding build, not an ongoing subscription.
Your organisation is recognised as a Founding Supporter
You can be listed on the Cheese Hub website and included in selected launch communications.
What you get

Recognition, visibility and a role in shaping the start

This tier gives your organisation clear visibility as an early supporter, alongside opportunities to follow progress, provide feedback and see how your contribution is helping the sector.

Founding Supporter recognition
Your organisation is recognised as one of the early supporters helping bring the Cheese Hub to life.
Supporter listing
Your organisation can be listed on the Cheese Hub supporter page.
Optional supporter profile
You can provide a short profile or statement explaining why you are supporting the Hub.
Launch visibility
Founding Supporters can be recognised in selected launch communications.
Who it is for

For organisations that benefit from a stronger cheese sector

Founding Supporter is designed for partners, suppliers, larger businesses and aligned organisations that want to help the sector grow stronger together.

Who It’s For

Cheese suppliers
Wholesalers and distributors
  • Funding Progress

20 Founding Place Partners

Supporting the early evidence base, partner conversation and shared learning behind YourTown.
  • 12 Places remaining
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20
Place Partners
£500
Contribution
£8,000
Of £1000 raised

Wider funding progress

This tier sits within the £35,000 founding infrastructure round for BIDs, councils, chambers, place partnerships and sponsors.
Total raised
£17,000
Total target
£17,000
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FAQs

Questions about becoming a Founding Supporter

A few useful answers before you decide whether this is the right level for your organisation.