The pandemic slowed the world to a crawl – but social enterprise sped up
On the fifth anniversary of the first lockdown, academic research shows that social enterprises not only survived during the pandemic – they thrived.
CDS stages action days addressing children’s dental care crisis
Community Dental Services CIC (CDS) has staged three days of action to address the crisis in children’s dental care – specifically to address the “Covid Generation” of children who have never seen a dentist, or whose continuity of dental care has been severely impacted by Covid.
The State of the Social Care Sector: How did social enterprises respond to Covid-19?
Over the last decade the social care sector in England has seen unprecedented demand coupled with funding cuts and workforce recruitment and retention challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic added more pressure to already stretched social care systems. Recent research at the University of Birmingham has been exploring the contribution of social enterprises to the adult social … Continued
Cost of Living Crisis: Social Enterprise Advisory Panel members want structural economic reform, not just one-off handouts
This blog looks at 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.