Roundtables
BSSEC’s Roundtables bring together stakeholders, practitioners and decision-makers to explore key issues affecting the social economy across the West Midlands.
Through strategic discussion, shared learning and collaborative thinking, the Roundtables help strengthen the social economy ecosystem and inform policy, practice and future opportunities for the sector.
Why Roundtables matter?
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Influence
Supporting dialogue that helps shape policy, practice and sector development.
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Collaboration
Bringing together organisations and stakeholders to explore shared challenges and opportunities.
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Insight
Generating strategic insight and shared learning to support a stronger social economy ecosystem.
How the Roundtables influence change
Insights and recommendations from the Roundtables are shared with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Social Economy Taskforce and help inform the ongoing development of the Social Economy Framework for Growth across the region.
Each Roundtable combines introductions from BSSEC CIC and expert speakers with open discussion, creating space for participants to share challenges, innovation, learning and sector experience.
The Roundtables are facilitated by Sarah Beaumont, Director and Strategic Lead at BSSEC CIC.
Latest Roundtable Reports
Explore strategic insights and discussion from recent Roundtable sessions across the social economy ecosystem.
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Social Economy Accelerators: Supporting Growth and Innovation
Examining how accelerator programmes can support social economy organisations to grow, build resilience and access new market opportunities.
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Generation Z and the Social Economy: Future Opportunities and Inclusion
Exploring how Generation Z is reshaping recruitment, workplace expectations and service delivery across the social economy.
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Health and Social Care: Community-Led Approaches and Collaboration
Bringing together perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing health and social care organisations, from leadership and collaboration to long-term sustainability.
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Meaningful Pathways to Work in the West Midlands
Highlighting how social economy organisations can create employment pathways through skills development, collaboration and inclusive approaches to work.
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Supporting the Social Economy in the West Midlands
Exploring how collaboration, investment and ecosystem support can help social economy organisations navigate challenges and achieve sustainable growth.
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Social Procurement and the Social Economy
Examining how procurement, social value and collaboration can help social economy organisations access new contract opportunities and grow sustainably.
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Discover more reports and insights from across the social economy.
Learn more about our Roundtable work
Interested in contributing to future Roundtable discussions or learning more about BSSEC’s ecosystem work? Get in touch with Sarah to find out more.