We can offer up to 1 hour of dedicated face to face support with a social enterprise adviser at no cost to you to explore your needs. Following this we can point you towards a range of sources of support including 1 - 1 support, training or facilitation.
Grants of up to £1000 from Train to Gain are currently available for 50% of the cost of three management development packages:
- Reviewing and improving performance
- Business skills for income generation
- Action learning sets for leaders of third sector organisations.
We also have a number of free web-based services and resources.
Themes for support include; strategic planning, Performance Improvement,
Social Impact measurement Third sector BenchLearning , Change management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Bespoke facilitated group work, Market Research and Promotion, Managing people, Corporate Social Responsibility
How to apply for support
Complete our client contact form and send it to info@socialenterpriseworks.org
If you need this form in another format or you require help in completing it, please call us on 0117 9070080.
Loan Product
Bristol Enterprise Development Fund (BEDF) is offering loans to existing social enterprises to finance new business ‘Research and Development’ activities which aim to produce an additional income stream for the future. The business idea needs to be planned as a permanent service or supply of goods rather than a short-term or time limited project.
The loans are up to £5,000 (with a possible extension up to £7.500) repayable over 2 or 3 years at 4% above base rate. There may be an arrangement fee as a % of the loan required.
If you are interested please click on the flyer for further information. To apply for a Loan please contact us on info@socialenterpriseworks.org or call us on 0117 9070080
If you would like further information on Bristol Enterprise Development Fund, please go to their website www.bedf.co.uk
BenchLearning
Would you like to find out how well you are doing when compared to similar organisations? Why not try our free online benchmarking service called ‘BenchLearning’. We have designed a range of questionnaires that you can answer anonymously and then instantly access your results in the form of graphs and charts in key areas such as HR, Finance, customer satisfaction, performance management, stakeholders, equality and diversity and social and environmental impact.
There is also an organisational performance diagnosis enabling all staff and volunteers to anonymously feedback their perception of the organisations performance via an on-line questionnaire - the accumulated results are provided in a report format that uses a traffic light system to easily identify the organisations perceived strengths and areas for development.
