Increasing qualitative insights into the target group of self-employed people and small business owners in Utrecht affected by COVID-19 to help them prevent debt, work on their resilience and increase their sustainable future perspective

This research is organised by the research group Organising Decent Work of Utrecht University of Applied Sciences and researchers from the researchers' collective in collaboration with several departments from Municipality of Utrecht. The aim is to obtain knowledge and insights into the financial-economic, psychological and social needs of sole proprietors and small business owners in Utrecht who have applied for a TOZO-regeling (Temporary bridging measure for self-employed professionals), so that Municipality of Utrecht can offer this group a sustainable perspective during and after the coronavirus pandemic. The outcome of this project is an in-depth, more qualitative picture of self-employed people and small business owners that will serve as input for Municipality of Utrecht to better support this target group and therefore to prevent (long-term) negative effects of COVID-19.