What more do you want from national and local government for your social enterprise to thrive?
What are the main barriers to social entrepreneurs making more of a difference? How can government open up the running of public services to social entrepreneurs? What improvements in support will make a difference for community level entrepreneurs? What is the webs role, and how can it help make a difference?
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A social enterprise 'bank'
A pot of funds/ support/ time which government commit to outreach on successful innovative social enterprise and look for possible collaborations
14 votes -
Designing models of delivery that address the cause rather than the effect of social breakdown
Funding that isn't focused on effects of a issue for example guns and gangs prevention and intervention work is currently underfunded but significant funds are poured into keeping them in prison surely prevention strategies are better than cure !
11 votes -
Encourage better communication between public and third sector
To strive for a safe place, possibly in the format of regular workshops, where people from government and social enterprise can come together to discuss ways in which they could move forward together, as well as learn from each other the different barriers each side has to overcome
8 votes -
7 votes
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7 votes
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Need for issues based responses rather than silos based responses?
How crucial is the role of umbrella organisations in ensuring this happens?
5 votes -
3 votes
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1 vote
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1 vote
