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Social Enterprise

What is Social Enterprise?

Social enterprises are businesses trading to meet a social need. There can be lots of different types: from worker co-operatives to mutuals, provident societies to fair trade shops. Or they can just be an organisation which aims to trade goods in order to fund a project which meets a social need. Social enterprises are as varied as the number of enterprises themselves. By putting their profits back into communities, they are a cornerstone of regeneration.

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11/11/2010

Tender support available from NAVCA

NAVCA have launched their Tender Support Project. The project provides one-to-one specialist support to help prepare local social enterprises, voluntary...

30/04/2010

North East makes a change with publication of Social Enterprise Framework

Social enterprises in the region have been presented with an ambitious vision for the future which sees the region exceeding the national averages for...

23/03/2010

VONNE responds to proposed framework for social enterprise

VONNE welcomes the North East Social Enterprise Framework from Business and Enterprise North East.A regional partnership of social enterprise representative...

22/02/2010

Have your say on a North East Framework for Social Enterprise

Business and Enterprise North East invites comments on a framework for social enterprise in the North East. Since late 2009 a regional partnership...

13/11/2009

Unite attacks plans to convert NHS services into social enterprises

By Mathew Little, Third Sector Online Trade union Unite has spoken out against plans to turn NHS services into social enterprises.The union has launched...

13/11/2009

Conservative support for mutual organisations growing, says shadow minister

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector OnlineConservative support for mutual organisations has grown in recent years, a shadow finance minister told a fringe...

13/11/2009

Peter Holbrook appointed chief executive of Social Enterprise Coalition

Peter Holbrook, chief executive of community organisation the Sunlight Development Trust, has been appointed as the next chief executive of the Social...

24/09/2009

Birmingham launches fund for social enterprises

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector OnlineBe Birmingham, the city's local strategic partnership, has launched a £5m fund to support community organisations...

21/09/2009

Social Enterprise Coalition Manifesto Workshops 2009

In the run-up to the next election the Social Enterprise Coalition will be producing a social enterprise manifesto.As part of the Coalition's preparations...

16/09/2009

'First for social enterprise' as Brighton Council sets up housing management firm

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online.A local authority is to create a new social enterprise in an effort to develop a more effective management model...