Social Enterprise Support Centre

Social Enterprise Support Centre

Social Enterprise Support Centre
13 Harris Street
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 5HU

Telephone : 0113 2438071
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We are a small, dynamic organisation delivering support services to the social enterprise sector across West Yorkshire. Registered as an Industrial Provident Society SESC supports social enterprises to become financially sustainable, deliver quality services, and where appropriate gain and deliver public service contracts and improve trading activity.

We are proud of our track record and you will find that we:

We can draw on our experience and range of associates to provide tailored support that meets your specific needs. We specialise in:

Services Supplied

Business Planning

Business Planning

We can draw on our experience and range of associates to provide tailored support that meets your specific needs. Our range of practical support includes: Social Enterprise ideas, profiling and feasibility; Guidance on setting up a Social Enterprise; Guidance on creating a realistic business plan; Advice and overviews of legal forms and governance for social enterprise, the role of the management committee and liability/accountability of directors; Introduction to Human Resource issues for Social Enterprise.

Finance

Financial Services

We can draw on our experience and range of associates to provide tailored support that meets your specific needs. Our range of practical support includes: Identifying types/ sources of finance, investment readiness and financial modelling; Financial planning and monitoring including financial projections, profit, loss and balance sheets and feasibility studies; An introduction to social accounting including SAN and SROI. We are happy to discuss your current needs and agree a practical solution to any challenge you are facing.

Marketing Support

Marketing Support

We can draw on our experience and range of associates to provide tailored support that meets your specific needs. Our range of practical support includes: Marketing and sales support including understanding your customer, design, branding and USP; Advice and support with the tendering process, commissioning and contracting; Social Enterprise in health and social care including the national and local picture, contracting and World Class Commissioning. We are happy to discuss your current needs and agree a practical solution to any challenge you are facing.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and Evaluation

We can draw on our experience and range of associates to provide tailored support that meets your specific needs. Our range of practical support includes: Creating a project plan to help monitor progress against outputs; Identifying key risks and appropriate mitigating action; Social Return on Investment (SROI), demonstrating added value to help win new business; Gaining service feedback including design of different feedback methods and analysis. We are happy to discuss your current needs and agree a practical solution to any challenge you are facing.