Social Enterprise Partnership (GB) Limited
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Interim project
managenet function of SEP's Equal programme. Activities included
re-designing claim systems, revising organisational structure,
co-ordination of Board activities, and financial modelling.
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The Social
Enterprise Coalition
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Research and
preparation of a social enterprise mainstreaming strategy
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South East Social
Enterprise Partnership & South East England Development Agency
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Research and consultancy to assist in the
development of a dedicated social enterprise agency for the South East
of England
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Social Firms UK |
| Provision of business
counselling and development support to social firms and emerging social
firms throughout the North of England. |
UKCC/ICOM |
| Lead consultants on the
research report Co-operating in Care and lead presenters of the
research findings to Paul Boateng, then minister for health, and to the
think-tank Demos. Fundraising strategy design. |
Healthnet |
| Development of £4.5 million
programme to establish a Community Healthy Living Centre network on
Tyneside. Most of the funding for this initiative focusing on access
has been secured. |
Employee Ownership Options |
| Evaluation of transnational ESF
Adapt project aiming to disseminate ideas on the introduction of
employee participation in ownership and management, especially in the
context of successions (externalisations and buy-outs). |
Newcastle City Council |
| Externalisation of the local
authority peripatetic music teaching service; subsequent advice to a
number of other local authorities and to the Musicians' Union. |
Reviving the Heart |
| Preparation and implementation of
Newcastle City Challenge's Childcare Succession Strategy. |
Arts Resource Limited & The North East Civic Trust |
| Research and preparation of a
feasibility study and subsequent business plan for a major (£3
million) new arts centre, the Exchange, in Sunderland. |
Earth Balance Limited |
| Development of externalised day care
provision at Earth Balance for Northumberland County Council;
successful funding bids to the National Lottery, the Community Care
Development Programme, the Horizon strand of the ESF Employment
Programme, mainstream ESF and ERDF programmes and several trusts and
foundations.Project management of the transnational Horizon project,
developing social firms for people with disabilities. |
BLISS |
| Feasibility report
examining the case for establishing an Independent Living Centre in
South Tyneside. The report was commissioned by the Bureau Locating
Information Services & Support (BLISS), a Tyneside-based
organisation comprising disabled people, carers, and members of the
voluntary and community sectors. |
Northumberland TEC & Northumberland County Council |
| Research and development
of North East Care Limited, a new domiciliary care co-operative. |
Blyth Valley Borough Council |
| Preparation of outline
business plan for the externalisation of Blyth Market and the
establishment of Blyth Market Traders Co-operative.Feasibility
assessment of Revive, a new voluntary sector initiative to assist young
people at risk from drug abuse. Project elements include advice,
mentoring, training and social firm development. |
Other work |
| Includes the design of
legal/financial structures for social firms such as Teesdale Garden
Crafts Limited, arts organisations such as the Media People Foundation,
and complex charities such as a dual company structure for Amble
Development Trust. |
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