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This guide is for professionals working in local government. It explains how social enterprises can help meet local authorities’ strategic objectives, and gives practical advice about how to engage, procure and commission from social enterprises. Download.
The 2011 Annual Review tells the highlights of Social Enterprise UK's year, the sector's achievements, and sets out the organisation's ambitious plans 2012. Download.
Social Enterprise Explained: For people who are just getting interested in social enterprise, whether you want to start, buy from, invest in, commission from, or support social enterprises. Download.
An Enterprising Future: For anyone working to provide children and young people’s services in the voluntary sector, who are interested in finding out more about the social enterprise model. Each section includes a case study to help illustrate the social enterprise approach. Download.
Fightback Britain: Explains how the social enterprise sector is delivering on its immense promise. Findings show that the social enterprise sector is dynamic, attracting entrepreneurs, working in the UK’s most deprived communities to tackle the rootcauses of deprivation and, as a sector, is both out-pacing and out-innovating comparable SMEs. Download.
The Right to Run: A practical guide for public sector staff thinking about setting up a mutual or social enterprise: There has been an upsurge in the level of interest in the transferring of public services into social enterprises and mutuals. But the journey to becoming a social enterprise brings challenges. This guide takes you through the stages involved and will help you decide if social enterprise is the right model for you. Download.
Enjoy what you do: Work in social enterprise: People working in social enterprise say their jobs are rewarding because of the attached social or environmental purpose, and for many work is a vocation rather than an occupation. Find out whether social enterprise could be the career from you and read the stories of people already working in social enterprise and loving it. Download.