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Social enterprises are businesses with a social or environmental purpose

£60bn GDP

Generated by social enterprises

2 million

Jobs created by social enterprises

100K+

Social enterprises in the UK

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20 years of Social Enterprise UK

Statement on the resignation of the Prime Minister

Use “precious” Dormant Assets to grow business in communities, says new coalition

Jo Gideon MP elected as new Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Enterprise

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Smarter public sector procurement could unlock over £50bn a year to help levelling up

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SEUK statement on Big Society Capital’s response to the Commission on Social Investment

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SEUK strengthens Board with five new appointments

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Social Enterprise UK response to the Spring Statement

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Case Study

Turning a cafe into a supermarket – Social adVentures

Find out how health and care social enterprise, Social adVentures is radically addressing health inequalities in the areas it works in through genuinely placing communities at the heart of their work.

Cost of Living Crisis: Social Enterprise Advisory Panel members want structural economic reform, not just one-off handouts

This blog analyses some of the data from the March Social Enterprise Advisory Panel (SEAP) which looks at levels of concern amongst social enterprises about the cost of living crisis.

Changing the conversation on disability

How social enterprise Diversity and Ability are breaking down the barriers that limit the opportunities and freedoms of disabled people

Creating a Social Value Economy: A collective vision from the Social Value 2032 programme partners

Launched at the Social Value Leaders Summit 2022, this report sets out a new vision for social value and explores how it can be a tool to shape markets and organisational behavior.

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Report

No Going Back – State of Social Enterprise Survey 2021

The State of Social Enterprise report is the definitive guide to the social enterprise sector in the UK containing data on turnover, scale, diversity, where they operate, who they trade with, pay ratios and more

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Case Study

Homebaked Bakery – The power of communities to ‘level up’ for themselves

The story of Homebaked Bakery is one of a community coming together in the face of adversity to breathe life into a cherished institution and take local development into their own hands.

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