Social Enterprise North West / NWDA

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Social Enterprise North West / NWDA

• Presentation to NWISP
• Val Jones and Jo Bowen-Jones
• Hopefully Everything you want to Know about
  Social Enterprise.

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Definition of Social Enterprise

• Social Enterprises are businesses trading for
  social and environmental purposes. They are
  driven by social and/or environmental mission
  focused on the community they serve
• Trading for People and Planet is the strap line
  for the recently launched Social Enterprise Mark
• Not for private profit
• Rogue Traders

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History
The pioneers of social enterprise can be
traced as far back to the1840s, at least, in
Rochdale, where a workers' co-operative was set
up to provide high quality affordable food in
response to factory conditions that were
considered to be exploitative. In the UK, a
resurgence of social enterprise started in the
late 1990s with the coming together of different
traditions, including co-operatives, community
enterprises, enterprising voluntary organisations
and other forms of social business.
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About Social Enterprise North West

• Social Enterprise North West, SENW, has been
  established as a regional network and its
  directors include representatives of social
  enterprise networks from across the region. SENW
  achieves accountability to the sector through
  direct links to the accountable Social Enterprise
  networks like the Development Trust Association
  and Cooperatives North West.
• Values
• Were In Business for Good
• To raise the profile of social enterprise in the
  North West of England.
• To represent the interests of the North West of
  Englands social enterprise sector.
• To encourage mutual support, inter-trading,
  sharing of best practice, training and
  development opportunities between social
  enterprises.
• To work with local, regional, national
  transnational bodies to strengthen the social
  enterprise sector.

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Where do we fit in
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Partners
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National Picture

• 9 regional SE bodies (SEKE)
• Social Enterprise Coalition
• Co-ops UK
• Development Trusts Association
• Social Firms UK
• National Housing Federation
• Association of British Credit Unions
• CIC Association

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Some Statistics

• According to figures from the Government's Annual
  Small Business Survey 2005 -2007
• There are 62,000 social enterprises in the UK
• contributing 24bn to the UK output.
• Social enterprises account for 5 of all
  businesses
• Employ 800,000 people
• 15 of Social Enterprises are in the East of
  England

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Support Infrastructure in Northwest

• NWDA primary funder and only RDA to have a
  Social Enterprise Manager
• Social Enterprise NW (SENW) cluster
  organisation and voice for social enterprises
  in NW
• Together Works Greater Manchester
• Social Enterprise Network (SEN) - Merseyside
• The Social Enterprise Lancashire Network (Selnet)
• Cheshire Warrington Social Enterprise
  Partnership
• Cumbrias Social Enterprise Partnership
• The Development Trust Association
• Co-operatives NW
• The Social Enterprise Loan Fund (TSELF)
• Business Link NW (BLNW)

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Co-ordinated Approach in Northwest

• NWDA, Social Enterprise NW and its Partners plus
  Business Link NW working together to support the
  Social Enterprise sector
• NWDA and Business Link NW attend the Partner and
  SENWs Board Meetings
• Proactive rather than reactive approach

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Business Link NW and Social Enterprise

• Business Link NW have produced an action plan to
  engage with the social enterprise sector lead by
  BLNWs Operations Director
• Developed SE Champions within their Universal and
  Business Advisor teams
• Training and development days delivered by SE
  sector plus joint events with SE sub- regional
  partnerships
• BLNW attends SENW Partner meetings and SENW Board
  meetings
• Better engagement and understanding is a key
  driver of the OTS SE Business Support Improvement
  Programme

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Start Up Support for Social Enterprise

• Pre and post start (up to 3 years) through NWDAs
  Intensive Start Up Support Programme (ISUS)
• 35 million programme 2009 to 2014
• Many of the Local Authorities have contributed
  additional funding
• Social Enterprise is a Regional Economic Strategy
  priority group
• Regional programme with local delivery - approx
  50 of providers are social enterprises
• Accessed through Business Link NW 0845 00 66 888

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Start Up Support cont.

• High Growth Knowledge Based Start Up programme
• 2008 to Aug 2011
• Just under 10 million, 7m SIP and 3m ERDF
• Delivered by Winning Pitch
• 120 associates across the region
• Accessed through BLNW
• Referrals from banks, word of mouth etc
• 670 Start Ups and 900 early stage (less than 3
  years trading)

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Current Support Programmes for Social Enterprise

• Social Enterprise Networking and Collaboration
• March 2008 to April 2010
• 1.241 Single Programme, ERDF and OTS
• One year extension requested - 1,000,000
  (50 SIP 50
• ERDF) Approved and Contracted!

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Future Programmes

• Social Enterprise Growth
• Mid 2010 to mid 2013
• Potentially 1.472m Single Programme, ERDF
  and Office of the Civil Society (OCS) was OTS
• Social Enterprise Mapping in NW plus
  workshops with sub- regional Partnerships
  undertaken
• Pilot being delivered by BCT Regenesis
  providing in depth diagnostic and up to 5 days
  consultancy to 20 social enterprises across NW
• Subject to NWDA investment decision

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Support

• Diagnostic and up to five days specialist
  consultancy
• Master Classes and action learning sets
• Peer to peer mentoring
• Procurement assistance
• Financial diversification workshops
• Developing consortia
• Possibly bursaries for Womens Business Centre
  Quality Standard and Social Enterprise Mark
• Majority of services will be procured
  opportunity for the sector to deliver services

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Future Programmes cont.

• Faithful Enterprise
• Sept 2010 to Sept 2013
• 900 K over the 3 years Single Programme
  and Church Urban Fund
• Specialist consultancy support to social
  enterprises/community organisations linked to
  multi-faith organisations
• Investment fund provided by the Church Urban
  Fund
• Subject to NWDA investment decision

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SENW Programme

• Intermediate business support (sub regional)
• Master Classes
• Networking events thematic workshops
• Social Landlord procurement events
• Peer 2 peer Mentoring
• Consortia Development
• Financial Diversification
• Micro Coaching
• Transnational (Merseyside)

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Network Information

• Cumbria Rob Randell - rob.randell_at_cumbriacc.gov.
  uk
• Lancashire Liz Tapner- liz_at_selnet-uk.com
• Gtr Manchester Andy Wynne -andyw_at_togetherworks.o
  rg.uk
• Merseyside Peter Morton - peter.morton_at_sen.org.u
  k
• Cheshire Warrington Kevin Janes
  kevin.janes_at_cwsocialenterprise.org.uk
• DTA Jeff Scales J.Scales_at_dta.org.uk
• Coops North West Jo Bird - jo_at_cooperatives-nw.co
  op
• SENW Val Jones val.jones_at_senw.org.uk