AMBASSADOR LOCATIONS

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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SUPPORT

SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS & SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 

Ashoka UK
Ashoka funds a small number of social entrepreneurs each year whose organisation is ready to scale-up

BusinessLink
The Government's national network of business advisors. Includes a searchable directory of local providers (NB – not always specialist to social enterprise) 

Business Zone
Advice for small business entrepreneurs

CAN
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.

Co-operatives UK
The apex organisation for co-operative enterprise in the UK; the place to go for information and advice on co-ops.

Development Trusts Association
Association supporting and promoting Development Trusts and community enterprise.

i-genius
i-genius is a world community for social entrepreneurs.

Plunkett Foundation
Plunkett supports social entrepreneurship and social enterprise in rural settings.

School for Social Entrepreneurs
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.

School for Startups
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.

SETAS
Website that lists and rates social enterprise training and support providers

Social Enterprise Coalition
SEC is the national body for social enterprise, and represents a wide range of social enterprises, national support networks and other related organisations. SEC also works closely with the regional social enterprise support networks, which provide information, advice, networks and region-specific training to the social enterprise sector:

 

 

Social Firms UK
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
UnLtd provides funding to social entrepreneurs at all levels, in a wide range of areas and fields (sport, environment, media etc)

UnLtdWorld
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.

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