Unity Trust Bank has sponsored a new start-up guide for social enterprises. The guide, produced and published by Social Enterprise UK, can be downloaded here.
I’ve only had a quick look at this so far but it looks good — extremely useful for anyone who is considering social enterprise for the first time and wants to know the main things they need to consider. It covers:
- Getting started: your first business plan
- The social enterprise approach
- Finding investment and funding
- Setting out
- Where to start
- Sources of finance and funding
- Finding investment and funding – writing successful bids
- Deciding on your legal structure
- Finding and keeping the best people
- Finding the right partners
- Keeping on top of the money
- Governance:building a board of trustees and directors
- Growing and scaling up your business
- Looking after number one
- Where to go for structured support
