Transcript Tackling Homelessness through Financial Inclusion

Wales Co-operative
Centre
• Established in 1982, offices across Wales including in
Carmarthen
• Our mission: To develop sustainable social
businesses and strong, inclusive communities by
working co-operatively
• We will support Wales’ economic growth by
providing a comprehensive range of services to cooperatives, mutuals, social enterprises and
employee owned businesses.
Benefits of social enterprise approach
• Deliver sustainable economic growth
while fostering positive social change
and innovation
• Investment in social enterprise stays
in the community and is recycled for
wider economic and social benefits
• Often operate in hard to reach,
economically challenged
communities but employ more
people relative to turnover than
other businesses
Our support to Third Sector
organisations
• Helped to diversify income
streams
• Help organisations to trade as the
primary purpose
• Set up of trading arms
• Help third sector organisations to
merge or work together in
consortia
Every Link Counts
• A charity that provides social, leisure
and life skill opportunities for young
people with learning difficulties.
• Developed trading arms
• Link up Care provides personal
assistants to young people with
disabilities. We provided HR support.
• First Link Trading includes Digilink and
Singleton’s Rosettes
Swansea Care and Repair Services
• Trading arm of Swansea Care and
Repair since 2011
• Provides a handyperson services
• All surpluses go back to Swansea
Care and Repair
Our support included:
• Advice on legal structures
• Financial planning
• Branding and marketing training
• Training for Board members and senior staff
Draig Tex
• Collaboration between three
north Wales social enterprises,
Crest Co-operative, Antur
Waunfawr and Seren Ffestiniog
Cyf
• Launched a textile recycling facility in Colwyn Bay
• Working together means they can service a wider
geographical area and handle different materials
How we can help – Social Enterprise
Support team
• Advice on legal structures and
company registration
• Business planning
• Marketing and financial planning
• HR advice
Consortia Development support
• Advice on suitable business models,
organisational and legal structures
How we can help – Business
Development Team
• Mergers and collaboration
• Developing co-operative
consortia
• Self management of
corporate assets
• Business planning and
sustainability reviews
Our contact details
[email protected]
0300 111 5050
Business Development Team
[email protected]
02920 807 155
Social Enterprise Support Team
[email protected]
02920 807103