User Led Organisation Models

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User Led Organisation Models

• Dianne Keetch
• Vision Sense

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• ULO
• A user-led organisation is one where
• the people the organisation represents, or
  provides services to, have a majority on the
  Management Committee or Board, and where there is
  clear accountability to members and/or service
  users

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• How does a ULO operate?
• While there is broad agreement about the
  values and functions of a ULO, there are many
  ways of putting these into practice.

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ULO ModelsChoices and Rights. HullCommunity
Interest CompanySocial Enterprise Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee Charitable
Incorporated Organisation Centre for Independent
LivingVirtual CILPartnership/Network/Consortium
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Community Interest Company With People. Edinburgh

• CICs are limited companies with additional
  features
• They are created for the use of people who want
  to conduct a business or other activity for
  community benefit
• Not purely for private advantage
• This is achieved by a "community interest test"
  and "asset lock
• This ensures that the CIC is established for
  community purposes and the assets and profits are
  dedicated to these purposes.

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Social EnterpriseRealise. Suffolk County Council

• A social enterprise is a business with primarily
  social objectives
• Surpluses are principally reinvested in the
  business or in the community
• They are not interested in maximising profit for
  shareholders or owners
• Social enterprises tackle a wide range of social
  and environmental issues
• They use business solutions to achieve public
  good.
• The Government believes that social enterprises
  have a distinct and valuable role to play in
  helping create a strong, sustainable and socially
  inclusive economy

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Company Limited by GuaranteeBradnet. Bradford

• These are private limited companies where the
  liability of the members is limited  
• A company limited by guarantee has members who
  are guarantors instead of shareholders
• Limitation of liability takes the form of a
  guarantee from its members to pay a nominal sum
  in the event of the company being wound up
• The amount of money that is guaranteed can be as
  little as 1 and will be stated within the
  constitution of the company (the Memorandum
  Articles of Association).

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CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

• The Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) is
  a new corporate structure designed specifically
  for charities.
• Members and trustees are safeguarded from
  liabilities the charity incurs
• The charity can conduct business in its own name
  rather than in the name of its trustees
• The CIO is expected to be an option available for
  charities in early 2011.

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Centre for Independent LivingManchester CIL

• A CIL is a private, non-profit consumer-controlled
  organisation
• It provides non-residential and non-medical
  Independent Living Services for disabled people
  of all ages
• Consumer-Controlled means that over 51 of the
  Board of Directors and staff at a CIL are
  Disabled People
• Every CIL has four services that it must offer
  -advocacy, peer support, information and
  referral, and independent living skills training.

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Virtual Centre for Independent LivingEnfield

• Web portal offers a single point of entry to all
  services and information
• Removes organisational barriers
• Use of on -line discussion group for mutual
  support and advice
• Available 247 in a range of formats
• Easily and cheaply updated
• Accessible from almost any location

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Partnership/Network/ConsortiumDisability
Solutions. Hanley

• Collaborative working between voluntary
  organisations may be desirable
• A larger partnership may be more sustainable
• Joining forces will help provide services to a
  wider user group
• Creates a stronger Voice
• Help each other to compete for funding from major
  grant providers
• Lead Organisation
• Joint letter of Agreement, formal Partnership
  Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding