Specialist Social Enterprise Business Advice   

Lead by the Selnet Manager, an experienced business adviser and social enterprise practitioner, Selnet has joined together with 8 social enterprise organisations currently delivering business support across Lancashire.

Our advisers and business mentors are experienced in the different business models and able to advise on those most suitable for a community organisation or social enterprise. These are different from private business models and their features will include:        

• Social Enterprises strive to be sustainable, self financing businesses. Social Enterprises create and retain wealth, reinvesting surpluses in the communities they serve; they create jobs       
• Social Enterprises are autonomous organisations with governance and ownership structures based on participation by stakeholder groups - which are usually clients or local community groups         
• Profits are used for the benefit of the community and re-invested in the business.        
• Involving its members and stakeholders in the democratic management of the organisation
• Being an independent organisation accountable to a defined community interest and to the wider community

 Ability to deliver

Selnet has an established track record and strategic position within support delivery, organisational development and specifically in an established communication network. Business support falls into one of the categories below:   

• NDWA /ERDF Networking & Collaboration ü  NWDA Awareness Raising & Communication
• CapacityBuilders North West Social Enterprise Catalyzing Consortia
• CapacityBuilders North West Social Enterprise Financial Diversificationü  North West Social Enterprise delivery partnership – North West Social Enterprise framework Themes 1&2
• In partnership with  Lancashire Economic Partnership – NWDA Social Enterprise generator programme (capacity building) where nine Business Advisor attained the national standard accreditation
• Pennine Lancashire Social Enterprise awareness & support ‘No Limits’ (LEGI) programme managed by Blackburn with Darwin Borough Council