As practitioners we know that an aspiration to grow and strengthen the social enterprise sector is not in itself enough. There is a direct correlation between the availability of accessible, quality support services and the health of the social enterprise sector. Research has demonstrated that where quality support and development services exist, the sector flourishes; where there are no support services the market place is largely undeveloped and there are few and sometimes no social enterprises.

Click here to read BSSEC's support strategy for the sector in Birmingham and
Solihull (116KB)

Further pages in the Research & reports section:

Strengthening Social Enterprise - research findings