Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise
Comprehensive support designed to empower start up and enhance the growth of third sector businesses.
Comprehensive support designed to empower start up and enhance the growth of third sector businesses.
Below are some of the details of what is on offer specifically for voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations or if you are thinking about setting up a charity, social enterprise or Community Interest Company.
All the support programmes for businesses are also available to third sector organisations so check these out on the rest of the specific business support theme pages. Plus, we have access to a database of information and resources to help with your questions.
You don’t have to worry about which support is right for you - that is why the Growth Hub are here! Together we will have a free business review to discuss all the options and point you in the right direction.
Outset VCSE offers a blend of regular, specific topic-focused sessions delivered by sector and subject specialists, one-on-one support from dedicated enterprise development advisors, and peer-to-peer workshops and networking events.
Essential support to new and early-stage enterprises, as well as to the thousands of existing third sector businesses, in areas such as sustainability, skills development, productivity improvements, financial management, marketing, governance and exploring funding opportunities.
This includes:
- Leadership and management workshops
- Upskilling through topical masterclasses such as social media, digital marketing and finance management
- Recruitment and team development – staffing structures, core values and business culture
- Training workshops covering business growth planning, marketing, skills development, productivity, financial management, governance, funding and much more.
- Tailored 1:1 support to develop realistic action plans
- Regular networking events
- Peer to peer mentoring
- Ongoing 24/7 access to a range of useful online resources
- Product development planning
- Service stream development
- Analysing business efficiency and productivity
- Analysing business infrastructure and processes
- Building innovative team cultures
- Third sector market research
- Identifying customers and competitors through research
- Researching eligible funding streams
- Product / service stream research
- Costing and pricing
- Financial forecasting
- Cashflow management
- Understanding key financial documentation
- Finance management
Start-Up support for the third sector
The Outset VCSE team will work with you if you are thinking about setting up a charity, social enterprise or Community Interest Company to quickly understand your needs and overcome the barriers to launching.
The support includes a suite of training workshops and 1:1 support to create a realistic pathway to starting an organisation. Covering legal structures, business planning, marketing, skills development, productivity, financial management, governance, funding and much more.