Hefce Social Entrepreneurship Awards program in collaboration with UnLtd has developed a toolkit that is designed to help social entrepreneurs. The toolkit offers a comprehensive guide to developing a social enterprise business.
The toolkit is a complete guide for entrepreneurs looking to build upon an initial idea, through setup and piloting and, ultimately on to longer-term sustainability, growth and replication where appropriate.
It also aims at providing the practical guidance and working models or frameworks that will help in planning and implementing projects. It also contains some discussion of higher education institution (HEI)-specific issues that are worth considering. There is also a case study of a successful HEI-based social enterprise that you can be downloaded.
The toolkit has been structured in a way that the information provided in it considers two dimensions to social entrepreneurship and building a social enterprise:
- The different life-cycles stages of developing, setting up and running a social enterprise
- The various topics or themes, which are relevant to social entrepreneurship
The themes covered in the toolkit include: Personal Considerations for the Entrepreneur; Social Model; Monitoring and Evaluating Social Impact; Business Model; Organisation, Operations and Infrastructure; Marketing; Legal Structures; Governance; Financial Management; Funding and Financing; Social Entrepreneurship within HEIs; Getting Support.
Different life-cycle stages of each theme have been covered in detail providing the reader with complete information about various aspects and issues during all the stages of a particular theme.
More information about the toolkit is available at this link.
