Trading Insights: From Grant Funding to Trading

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This BSSEC Insights Paper was prepared to support discussion at a Social Economy Roundtable exploring how the West Midlands social economy ecosystem can help organisations move from grant funding to trading.

The paper examines how social economy organisations can build more sustainable income by developing trading opportunities, accessing procurement, strengthening collaboration and connecting with new markets.

It brings together practical ideas, examples and discussion questions to stimulate debate about creating an ecosystem that supports long-term resilience through enterprise, partnership and commercial opportunity.

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