Coalition publications
Keeping it Legal (2nd edition)
Co-authored with Bates, Wells and Braithwaite, Keeping it Legal (2nd edn) takes you through the issues you need to consider when setting the rules and regulations that govern your business. Written for readers with little prior knowledge of legal forms, it includes a range of practical case studies. As well as helping you to think about the major questions you need to ask, it provides information on all the legal forms available to social enterprises.
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Unlocking the Potential: A guide to finance for social enterprise
This guide focuses on the different forms of non-grant finance available for social enterprises. It explains which are the most suitable for your organisation and how they can be used most effectively; it leads you through the application process and suggests where to go for further information.
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Healthy Business: a guide to social enterprise in health and social care (2nd edition)
Produced in partnership with Hempsons Solicitors, Healthy Business 2nd edition is a guide to social enterprises operating in the health and social care sector. Using eight in-depth case studies it highlights the diverse range of social enterprise providers and their fresh approaches to service delivery.
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Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic social enterprises - the business and empowerment
The Coalition has produced a publication which highlights the work of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) social enterprises.
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Research Monograph "Social Enterprises: Diversity and Dynamics, Contexts and Contributions" was jointly commissioned by the Coalition and the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) and written by Prf. Ken Peattie and Dr. Adrian Morley of the BRASS Centre at Cardiff University. It was launched at the Social Enterprise Research Conference at London's South Bank University on 26th June. The monograph draws together existing research into social enterprise and is part of the Coalition's contribution to developing the research agenda.
More for your money- a guide to procuring from social enterprises
The Coalition has produced two versions of its free guide More for your Money one for public sector buyers, and one for the NHS. They both explain why you should consider buying goods and services from a social enterprise, and what you can do to encourage social enterprises to successfully compete for contracts.
Download more for your money (for local authorities) (950kb pdf) Download More for your Money (for the NHS)
Elements of Success
The Social Enterrpise Coalition and Turning Point have recently published a new report bringing together good practice for community-based social enterprises.
Visit the Turning Point website for further details
There's more to business than you think
To order any of our publications please fill in the relevant online order form, phone 020 7793 2323 or email publications@socialenterprise.org.uk