Knowsley Chamber supports support a social enterprises or a
"community interest companies" is in the same way as
any other business member within the borough.
Click here to see how the Chamber gets involved in Social
Enterprise in the borough.
Through the Chamber's our current business
services we are ideally placed to deliver practical guidance
and assistance.
We will:
- Develop an independent business-led and commercially focused
network between the private sector and social enterprise and to
encourage participation;
- Facilitate introductions and access to contacts, expertise and
new business opportunities;
- Enable social enterprises to "help themselves"
through our transformative workshops, seminars, events, and
mentoring programmes;
- Provide a platform for the sharing of knowledge, ideas, best
practice, and opportunities for mutual business development;
- Assist social enterprises in moving away from reliance or over
dependence on grant funding to being able to contract for services,
raise debt finance, and / or develop direct or an indirect sales
income;
- Work collaboratively with our strategic partners to encourage
business growth, create more sustainable jobs, and increase
enterprise in the borough;
The Chamber works closely with the Unit for Social Enterprise
(USE Knowsley) and our Chief Executive, Lesley Martin-Wright, is a
founding partner of the USE Steering Group. Further
information regarding USE can be found via their website
https://sites.google.com/site/useknowsley/
If you would like to receive a full copy of the Unit for Social
Enterprise report please contact Knowsley Chamber 0151 477 1356 or
info@knowsleychamber.org.uk
August 2011
Social Enterprise UK have published a report which has presented
the findings of the State of Social Enterprise Survey 2011 - the
largest survey specifically of social enterprises in the UK.
It has aimed to: explore the landscape of social enterprise;
understand the scope and scale of the sector within the UK economy;
examine in greater depth how social enterprises seek to address
their social or environmental purposes; evaluate how well they are
doing as enterprises; explore their role in public sector service
delivery and identify those factors that help or hinder them.
http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/data/files/publications/Fightback_Britain.pdf
If you are a Social
Enterprise or Community Interest Company and would like to
join our Network in order to receive information
on news, events, or training then:
TELEPHONE: 0151 477 1356
or email sheila.toft@knowsleychamber.org.uk
To see what events are planned, click here
