Social Firms

Social Firms

So You Want To Know What’s Involved In A Social Firm?

This provides a good overview of the UK’s definition of social firm, including a checklist which helps an organisation assess if it fits the social firm organisational model.

http://www.socialenterprisehubs.org/files/Social%20Firms%20UK%20mind%20map.pdf

Acquiring Business for Good: Buying Businesses and Turning them into Social Firms – Lessons from Scotland

Drawing on experiences from across the UK, Europe and Australia this paper,  co-authored by Kevin Robbie and Emma Hutton and edited by Leona McDermid, sets out a model for encouraging business acquisition as a means of starting Social Firms.  This model is also easily transferable to the development of other types of social enterprises. Key to success of the approach is commercial acumen and experience.  The report sets out a series of recommendations for those wanting to develop Social Firms as well as for funders and policy makers interested in supporting the employment of people who are severely disadvantaged in the labour market.

http://www.socialfirms.org.uk/FileLibrary/What%20we%20do/Growing%20the%20Sector/070828%20LM%20SFS%20Acquiring%20Business%20for%20Good.pdf