ABSTRACT Social enterprises" are viewed with increasing importance, in current debates o... more ABSTRACT Social enterprises" are viewed with increasing importance, in current debates on business start-ups. Everyone seems to know examples such as Fifteen (Jamie Oliver's restaurant) and the Eden Project. A lot less is known about women who found social enterprises, and ways to support them. Business support practitioners aiming at engaging with the hard-to-reach groups, and particularly BAME women from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, are left with no coherent repository of existing good practice. Aimed at policy makers and business support practitioners, this paper critically evaluates ways in which EQUAL development partnership projects in the UK and Germany developed their own innovative business support approaches to reach such women in local communities. The following innovative projects are discussed: Exploring Enterprise by Halesowen College at the Learning Surgery, a women's support project run by TLC College Wolverhampton. With focus on women from disadvantaged backgrounds, including women of black and ethnic minority descent, the following three criteria are used to evaluate the innovative projects: methodology of engagement in comparison to mainstream business support, the thinking behind the tools and techniques of business support employed and the rationale for appropriateness of social enterprise for those women. Action research, half-structured interviews with business support professionals and beneficiaries and focus groups are optimal to evaluate the soft and hard aspects of the ongoing business support approaches. Policy implications address effective business support for women in social enterprise and its role in the economy and strategic policy development. The key finding common to all projects is that business support needs to be highly flexible and adapted to the needs and capabilities of the target groups. One way of effectively reaching out is to train community members as animateurs to link from the communities to the projects and vice versa. The business support tools developed by the project manager at The Learning Surgery - a short DVD and a 'handbag' of tools which prompts people to "have a cup of tea and a think about social enterprise" - are presented and discussed for their merits. Social enterprises have a multiplier effect on the local economy through providing jobs in the local area, building capacity amongst local residents and increasing the local spending power. Thus they contribute to regeneration.
Start-Up is ideal for anyone looking to start a business – whether you are a student or a profess... more Start-Up is ideal for anyone looking to start a business – whether you are a student or a professional preparing to launch your own business or social enterprise. It covers the crucial business processes you need to consider when starting a new venture, and contains inspirational and educational cases of successful start-ups by young people from across the globe, including the UK, the US, Hong Kong and Romania. Drawing on the author's extensive practical experience, this book is a unique and invaluable guide to the world of start-ups.
Key features: • Assumes no prior knowledge and covers essential finance skills. • Firmly based in practice with detailed advice on carrying out market and industry research. • Features an extensive range of international case studies and examples of start-ups.
This concise and lively book is the perfect resource for students and entrepreneurs alike.
ABSTRACT Social enterprises" are viewed with increasing importance, in current debates o... more ABSTRACT Social enterprises" are viewed with increasing importance, in current debates on business start-ups. Everyone seems to know examples such as Fifteen (Jamie Oliver's restaurant) and the Eden Project. A lot less is known about women who found social enterprises, and ways to support them. Business support practitioners aiming at engaging with the hard-to-reach groups, and particularly BAME women from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, are left with no coherent repository of existing good practice. Aimed at policy makers and business support practitioners, this paper critically evaluates ways in which EQUAL development partnership projects in the UK and Germany developed their own innovative business support approaches to reach such women in local communities. The following innovative projects are discussed: Exploring Enterprise by Halesowen College at the Learning Surgery, a women's support project run by TLC College Wolverhampton. With focus on women from disadvantaged backgrounds, including women of black and ethnic minority descent, the following three criteria are used to evaluate the innovative projects: methodology of engagement in comparison to mainstream business support, the thinking behind the tools and techniques of business support employed and the rationale for appropriateness of social enterprise for those women. Action research, half-structured interviews with business support professionals and beneficiaries and focus groups are optimal to evaluate the soft and hard aspects of the ongoing business support approaches. Policy implications address effective business support for women in social enterprise and its role in the economy and strategic policy development. The key finding common to all projects is that business support needs to be highly flexible and adapted to the needs and capabilities of the target groups. One way of effectively reaching out is to train community members as animateurs to link from the communities to the projects and vice versa. The business support tools developed by the project manager at The Learning Surgery - a short DVD and a 'handbag' of tools which prompts people to "have a cup of tea and a think about social enterprise" - are presented and discussed for their merits. Social enterprises have a multiplier effect on the local economy through providing jobs in the local area, building capacity amongst local residents and increasing the local spending power. Thus they contribute to regeneration.
Start-Up is ideal for anyone looking to start a business – whether you are a student or a profess... more Start-Up is ideal for anyone looking to start a business – whether you are a student or a professional preparing to launch your own business or social enterprise. It covers the crucial business processes you need to consider when starting a new venture, and contains inspirational and educational cases of successful start-ups by young people from across the globe, including the UK, the US, Hong Kong and Romania. Drawing on the author's extensive practical experience, this book is a unique and invaluable guide to the world of start-ups.
Key features: • Assumes no prior knowledge and covers essential finance skills. • Firmly based in practice with detailed advice on carrying out market and industry research. • Features an extensive range of international case studies and examples of start-ups.
This concise and lively book is the perfect resource for students and entrepreneurs alike.
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Key features:
• Assumes no prior knowledge and covers essential finance skills.
• Firmly based in practice with detailed advice on carrying out market and industry research.
• Features an extensive range of international case studies and examples of start-ups.
This concise and lively book is the perfect resource for students and entrepreneurs alike.
Key features:
• Assumes no prior knowledge and covers essential finance skills.
• Firmly based in practice with detailed advice on carrying out market and industry research.
• Features an extensive range of international case studies and examples of start-ups.
This concise and lively book is the perfect resource for students and entrepreneurs alike.