


An idea should not need a big budget before it gets a real chance. And neither should you.
Founding Futures CIC is a Community Interest Company working to make expert support accessible, whatever your budget, confidence or connections.
SUSS Club is our supportive business and personal development community, bringing together coaching, mentoring, business support, learning and meaningful connection, all designed to be genuinely accessible.
SUSS Club is designed first and foremost for people at the very beginning of the journey: exploring an idea, preparing to start, or building an early-stage business. Our community also welcomes freelancers, creatives, consultants and more established business owners who value meaningful connection, shared learning and supporting others as they grow.
We exist because too many people with brilliant ideas are priced out of the support that could help them succeed.
Two live expert-led sessions each month including a guest expert
Our dedicated community app, home to bite-sized business and wellbeing learning, resources and session recordings
Useful digital tools including our own 90-day planning tool The Make It Happen Map™
Focused co-working and body-doubling sessions
Monthly networking and community conversations
A supportive community for connection, shared learning and growing alongside others
It’s a place where you can receive support, share your own experience and feel less alone in the journey of building something of your own.

£10 per month or £97 per year
£10 per month
or £97 per year
There are thousands of videos, podcasts and free resources telling you how to start or grow a business. Yet how do you know which advice applies to you, what to charge, or what deserves your attention first?
Maybe you’re building quietly behind the scenes, carrying an idea you cannot quite shape, or trying to move an early-stage business forward while every answer leads to another question.
You may be overwhelmed by advice, short on useful connections or simply tired of trying to work it all out alone.
Another browser tab rarely answers the question behind the question.
SUSS Club gives you somewhere to ask, explore, learn and find your next realistic step.
Bring the idea that keeps returning, the thought you haven't said out loud yet, or the dream that still feels too early to call a business.
You don’t need to arrive with everything figured out.
Business decisions rarely live in neat little boxes. Pricing can become tangled with confidence. Visibility can bring up self-doubt. Planning can feel difficult when life is already full.
SUSS Club brings practical business support and the human realities of self-employment together through two connected pathways.

Find support with:
Business foundations & strategy, from set-up to growth
Values, mission, and vision
Productivity, planning and goal setting
Business mindset
Wellbeing and sustainable working

Explore:
Confidence
Clarity
Communication
Calm
One month, you may need help shaping your offers or deciding what to prioritise.
Another month, you may want support with boundaries, visibility, confidence or a difficult decision.
You choose what feels useful for the challenge in front of you, when you need it.

Find support with:
Business foundations & strategy, from set-up to growth
Values, mission, and vision
Productivity, planning and goal setting
Business mindset
Wellbeing and sustainable working

Explore:
Confidence
Clarity
Communication
Calm
One month, you may need help shaping your offers or deciding what to prioritise.
Another month, you may want support with boundaries, visibility, confidence or a difficult decision.
You choose what feels useful for the challenge in front of you, when you need it.

Monthly Live Support, Co-Working & Networking Sessions
From launch, members will receive:
One guest expert session
One additional live session which may include coaching, mentoring, hot-seat support, tech support or focused support around a business or wellbeing topic.
Focused co-working sessions
Monthly networking or community conversation
Meet other members, share what you’re building and develop genuine connections, with space for conversation, shared learning and collaboration.

Your SUSS Club app
Access the learning portal, private community, bite-sized business and wellbeing resources, previously recorded sessions as well as upcoming session information, events and updates all in one place from your phone or laptop.
Learn, ask questions, connect with others and access what feels useful without switching between different platforms.
There’s no enormous course making you feel behind before you’ve even found the login page.

Goal setting and accountability
Take part in annual and quarterly planning sessions, with support to turn bigger goals into realistic next steps that fit your time and capacity.
Weekly check-ins will help you stay connected to what matters, without pressure or performance.

Weekly prompts
Receive three weekly prompts across business, planning, confidence, reflection, community and wellbeing.

Custom GPTs and digital business tools
From launch, you’ll receive access to The Make It Happen Map™, designed to help you:
break bigger outcomes into manageable actions
identify what deserves your attention first
plan around your available time and capacity
review your progress and choose your next move

Space to share your work or seek support
Use invited promotional threads to share your business, offers, content or current work, and use the community to ask questions, seek support and learn from other members.
Clear boundaries will protect the space from unsolicited messages, repeated pitching and pressure-led selling.
You don’t need to attend every session, complete every resource, or contribute publicly to belong. Choose what feels useful for the challenge in front of you and the capacity you have.
Progress will look different for every member. It might mean:
Bringing your ideas to life and taking your first realistic steps
Feeling clearer about your idea, offer or what deserves your attention next
Making a decision you’ve been going around in circles with
Feeling more confident asking questions, sharing your work or being visible
Responding to pressure with more calm and less overwhelm
Finding ways to work that better protect your time, energy and wellbeing
Setting clearer boundaries and feeling more able to communicate what you need
Feeling seen, heard and valued as a whole person, not only as a business owner
Receiving honest encouragement and thoughtful challenge when you need it
Feeling less isolated and more connected to people who understand
Feeling less isolated and more connected to people who understand

Self-employment can be exciting, freeing and full of possibility.
It can also feel remarkably lonely.
SUSS Club gives you somewhere to connect with people who understand.
Some members will be at the very beginning of an idea.
Others will bring years of business, professional or lived experience.
There's space to ask for support, offer useful insight and build relationships across different stages of the business journey, without needing to compete for attention.
Community is part of how people move forward.
You don’t have to keep building this by yourself.
You’re exploring an idea, preparing to start or finding your feet in business
You want affordable access to expert coaching, mentoring, business support and community
You’re tired of trying to work everything out alone
You want support with both the business and the person building it
You value shared learning, honest conversations and meaningful connections
You want to take part in a way that works around your time, energy and capacity
You’re open to asking questions, sharing what you know and growing alongside others
You need advanced or bespoke scaling consultancy
You’re looking for unlimited one-to-one support
You want guaranteed income, clients, or business results
You want a networking group built around pitching and lead generation
You’re looking for high-pressure accountability or constant chasing
You need regulated legal, financial, or clinical support
You’re not willing to respect the community boundaries around promotion, privacy and inclusion
You’re exploring an idea, preparing to start or finding your feet in business
You want affordable access to expert coaching, mentoring, business support and community
You’re tired of trying to work everything out alone
You want support with both the business and the person building it
You value shared learning, honest conversations and meaningful connections
You want to take part in a way that works around your time, energy and capacity
You’re open to asking questions, sharing what you know and growing alongside others
You need advanced or bespoke scaling consultancy
You’re looking for unlimited one-to-one support
You want guaranteed income, clients, or business results
You want a networking group built around pitching and lead generation
You’re looking for high-pressure accountability or constant chasing
You need regulated legal, financial, or clinical support
You’re not willing to respect the community boundaries around promotion, privacy and inclusion
Remember, you don’t need a polished business plan, perfect confidence or a large audience.
Bring the idea, the experience, the questions or the half-formed thought that keeps returning.
We’ll begin with what you have.
Words from those we've supported in group programmes:



I’ve spent years coaching, mentoring and supporting people to shape ideas, make clearer decisions, build confidence and move forward.
I’ve seen the difference the right support can make when it reaches somebody at the right time and sadly, I’ve also seen many people unable to access support because the cost is simply beyond reach.
For many people, £97, £47 or even £27 a month is not realistic, especially at the beginning, when income may be uncertain and every pound matters. And too many great ideas never get off the ground.
This has stayed with me, and it's why I created Founding Futures CIC. SUSS Club is part of that commitment: making high-quality expert support and meaningful community available at a price more people can afford.
Because ideas, experience and potential exist everywhere but access to experienced business support often doesn't. I want more people to have the chance to experience it.

“High-quality business support should be easier to reach.
An idea should not need a big budget before it gets a real chance.
And neither should you.”
Karen Founder, Founding Futures CIC
SUSS Club has been priced deliberately.
The £10 founder rate reflects our mission to reduce financial barriers, while the quality, care and professional standards behind the support remain high.
Karen, brings more than 25 years’ experience as a business owner, more than 30 years in leadership roles and hundreds of hours of coaching and mentoring across community, education and corporate settings.
Appropriately certified coaches, practitioners and guest experts will be selected with care and expected to work within relevant professional, ethical and safeguarding boundaries.
You’ll receive useful guidance, honest conversations and space to consider your options. The decisions you make, and what meaningful progress looks like for you, remain yours.



When you join SUSS Club, your membership supports what you’re building.
It also helps Founding Futures create access for somebody else.
Founding Futures is a Community Interest Company created for community benefit. Our income and assets are protected for community benefit through the CIC asset lock.
Every pound earned through SUSS Club is reinvested into Founding Futures and its wider community purpose.
Ten per cent of every membership payment goes directly to the Wellbeing Woodland Fund:
£1 from every £10 monthly founder membership
£9.70 from every £97 annual founder membership
The remaining income supports the delivery and development of wider programmes and subsidised opportunities for people who could otherwise struggle to access expert help.
Your membership helps your own idea or business move forward, while helping open the door for somebody else too.
No CEO salary is taken, and there are no shareholders receiving profits.
Our paid work funds our social impact.
£10 per month: Flexible monthly membership with no minimum term
£97 per year: Pay annually and save £23 compared with paying monthly.
Everything included in SUSS Club membership
Opportunities to shape resources, expert topics and live support
Opportunities to share accessibility and participation feedback
Optional recognition on the founder webpage
No.
Some learning will naturally lean towards service-based businesses, but the Club will also support product-based businesses, creatives, freelancers, consultants, coaches, virtual assistants and people exploring ideas that do not fit neatly into one category.
A wide range of businesses are welcome when members respect the purpose and boundaries of the community.
SUSS club including the community and learning portal will all be accessed via our dedicated app. This will be home to our bite-sized trainings, community, resources and recordings as well as event information and updates.
You’ll be able to access everything from your phone or another compatible device using your own member login.
No.
You can join while exploring an idea, preparing to start or building an early-stage business.
People at other stages are also welcome when they value community connection, shared learning and supporting people at different points in their journey.
Yes.
SUSS Club has a clear focus on aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage founders, while welcoming people at other stages who value meaningful community, practical learning and the opportunity to support others as they grow.
The value of the Club goes beyond business education.
It is also a place to reduce the isolation that can come with self-employment, build trusted relationships, access fresh perspectives and contribute experience that may help somebody else move forward.
From launch, members will have a monthly guest expert session along with one other live session which may include coaching, mentoring, hot-seat support, tech support or a session around a particular business area such as a 90-day planning session.
Members will also have access to focused working sessions and monthly networking or community conversations.
No.
Choose the sessions, tools and resources that feel most relevant.
You may speak during a session, use the chat, listen quietly, work through resources in your own time or return after a busy period.
Relevant sessions may be recorded. Captions, transcripts or written summaries will be provided where reasonably practical. Recordings will be available and easily accessible within the community app.
Yes, while your membership remains continuously active.
Should you cancel and return later, you will join at the price available at that time.
Yes. SUSS Club is open worldwide to people aged 18 and over.
Live sessions UK time, GMT or BST depending on the time of year. However, we will vary the time of day our sessions are held. Relevant sessions will be recorded and available within the community app.
No, We do not make any financial or personal guarantee on the outcomes or results for you or your business because every business, person, and set of circumstances is different.
Outcomes depend on many factors, including the decisions you make, the actions you take, your experience, capacity, market conditions and circumstances outside the control of Founding Futures CIC.
You remain responsible for your business decisions, actions and results.
SUSS Club provides general business guidance, coaching, mentoring, learning resources, digital tools and community support.
Founding Futures CIC, its team, facilitators and guest experts make no guarantee that joining SUSS Club, attending sessions or using any resource will lead to business success, income, profit, clients, sales or any particular result.
Information shared within SUSS Club is provided for general educational and informational purposes. It should not be treated as legal, financial, accounting, tax, banking, investment, insurance or other regulated professional advice.
Members are encouraged to seek independent guidance from an appropriately qualified professional before making decisions in these areas.
SUSS Club does not provide therapy or clinical mental-health support. Where another form of professional support would be more appropriate, Founding Futures will signpost accordingly.
Yes. The Make It Happen Map™ is included from launch.
Active members will also receive access to additional tools developed specifically for SUSS Club as they are introduced.
Some tools may be available for non-members to purchase separately.
No. Each membership is for one person.
We’ve kept the founder price deliberately low to make expert support easier to reach. Membership income also supports the wider community work of Founding Futures CIC.
Shared access makes that work harder to sustain, so every member needs their own account.
A very limited number of subsidised memberships will be available during the founder launch.
To apply, please email [email protected] with the subject line SUSS Club Subsidised Place. Applications will be considered individually, and applying does not guarantee that a subsidised place will be available.
If your circumstances change and you are later able to pay the standard membership rate, please contact us so we can update your membership. This helps us make subsidised support available to somebody else who may need it.
Yes, through invited promotional threads and agreed opportunities.
Unsolicited promotional messages, affiliate recruitment, pyramid schemes, repeated pitching and selling underneath requests for support are not permitted.
See the "Is SUSS Club right for me?" section above for a full list.
In short, SUSS Club isn't built for advanced scaling consultancy, unlimited one-to-one support, or regulated legal, financial or clinical advice.
Founding Futures CIC does offer paid coaching delivered by an ICF and EMCC accredited coaching and business strategists through paid routes which in turn further support our funded work and programmes. To ask about current availability, contact [email protected]
Yes.
Monthly membership can be cancelled through your member portal. Full instructions will be available inside the portal.
Please cancel at least five days before your next payment date to help prevent the next payment from being processed. Contact [email protected] if you need help.
Annual membership is paid upfront for twelve months.
Annual payments are non-refundable after purchase. Your membership will remain active until the end of the paid twelve-month period.
To prevent your annual membership renewing, please cancel the renewal at least five days before the renewal date.
Yes. You can begin with the £10 monthly membership and move to the £97 annual option later.
Please contact [email protected] before your next monthly payment is due. Your annual membership will begin when your current monthly billing period ends, so you will not pay twice for the same period.
As long as your membership remains continuously active, you’ll keep the founder rate.
Yes, selected members may be invited to contribute a session as a SUSS Club collaborator where content and values align.
These opportunities are offered on an unpaid, agreed partnership basis and give members the chance to share their expertise, showcase their business and build visibility within the wider community.
Where agreed, Founding Futures CIC may promote the contributor, their session and their business across our social media and wider communications.
Invitations will depend on the needs of the community, the relevance of the topic and alignment with our values, professional standards and ethical boundaries.
Membership does not guarantee an invitation, and taking part is always optional.
The scope of the session, promotional support and expectations on both sides will be agreed in advance.
SUSS Club resources, videos, recordings, workbooks, digital tools and materials are the intellectual property of Founding Futures CIC.
They’re provided for your individual use in developing your own business. You may use what you learn to inform your thinking and decisions.
You may not copy, share, reproduce, resell, teach, adapt the materials into your own resources or present Founding Futures content as your own without written permission.
Please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.
If you’re unsure whether SUSS Club is right for you, contact us before joining. We will give you an honest answer based on the support you’re looking for.
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