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Supply strategies for social enterprises

Strategies, materials and support mechanisms which focus on widening the opportunities for new and developing social enterprises (including social firms)  to establish themselves as serious and sustainable contenders to supply goods and services to others.

A business planning guide to developing a social enterprise A guide for voluntary and community organisations that want to develop newsocial enterprises.

Alternative Education ReportResearch report outlining the opportunities for social enterprises in the provision of services within the Alternative Education sector.

Best Procurement Final Conference Final conference for policy makers and procurement decision makers, held on 5 December 2007 at the Peepul Centre, Leicester:   /   .

BEST Procurement Information leafletLeaflet outlining the aims, objectives, activities, partners and their roles of the BEST Development Partnership.

BEST Procurement ProspectusBrochure outlining the services provided by BEST Procurement to social enterprises, together with an outline of the underlying philosophy and a broad view of the aims and objectives of the services.

C3Perform Toolkit The C3Perform toolkit consists of three self-assessment tools and a selection of action planning tools.The C3Perform tools enable organisations to improve in the following ways.

Contracting Know How in the Public Sector Training course content for social enterprises to succeed in public procurement.

Direct Payments ReportReport on the use of direct payments to provide services for elderly and disabled people.

Guide 1. Selling yourselves effectively Guide and full report on how to sell to the public sector.

Guide 14. Specific issues faced by Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) social enterprisesBrief 2 page guide.

Guide 16. The use of direct payments to provide services for elderly and disabled peopleBrief 2 page guide.

Guide 19. Useful information Guide in brief 2 page format and also a full report .

Guide 2. How to sell to the NHSBrief 2 page guide.

Guide 3. How to sell to the public sectorBrief 2 page guide.

Guide 4. Are you contract ready?Brief 2 page guide.

Guide 7. Issues related to franchising and replicationBrief 2 page guide.

Guide 8. How to prepare your tender documentsBrief 2 page guide.

Guide 9. Contract OpportunitiesBrief 2 page guide.

How to Sell to the Public Sector: Guide This sales toolkit has been written to advise social enterprises how to effectively sell themselves to the public sector in today’s competitive market.

Investment Capital for Social VenturesReport of the investigation into the prospects for the creation of an inclusive capital investment fund to support the development of social economy organisations.