Useful Links
If you're interested in finding out more about social enterprise, there is plenty of help and support.
The below organisations provide fantastic services for the sector and start up social entrepreneurs.
The inspiration of serial entrepreneur, angel investor and original BBC2 Dragon Doug Richard, School for Startups is the UK’s leading provider of business training for entrepreneurs. School for Startups provides accelerated business training that helps entrepreneurs launch more successful startups and run more successful businesses.
SEC is the national body for social enterprise, and represents a wide range of social enterprises, national support networks and other related organisations.
The Mark offers consumers an instantly recognisable logo that represents enterprises working for social and environmental aims, trading to benefit people and the planet.
SSE runs tailored learning and support programmes for social entrepreneurs provide training and opportunities to enable people to use their creative and entrepreneurial abilities more fully for social benefit.
Social Firms are a specific type of social enterprise; a business that employs people disadvantaged in the labour market. Social Firms UK provides information, advice, support and more.
UnLtd provides funding to social entrepreneurs at all levels, in a wide range of areas and fields (sport, environment, media etc)
UnLtdWorld is a social networking site that connects social entrepreneurs to the people, tools and information they need to change the world. It is a place where anyone can find and share resources, events, services and network with others interested in or working in the social enterprise sector.
CAN supports social entrepreneurs to scale up their businesses and maximise their social impact. CAN provide office space, business support and funds to the third sector.
The website of Social Enterprise Magazine: news and views of the sector
The apex organisation for co-operative enterprise in the UK; the place to go for information and advice on co-ops.
Association supporting and promoting Development Trusts and community enterprise.
i-genius is a world community for social entrepreneurs.