BCP's collaborative research shows impact of social enterprise
Judith Badger, Hannah Corbett, Cllr Sue John, Oliver Maxwell and Thea Allison launch the new report.
BCP co-ordinated a city-wide research project to show the impact of social enterprise on the local economy. The research reveals that over 110 social enterprises operating in Brighton and Hove are contributing £21 million to the economy and employ 1,262 people.
The 110 enterprises can be found in a new online directory (http://se.bhbcp.org.uk) where social enterprises can register their details or browse the organisations that are already signed up.
The report provides a real insight into the scale and scope of the sector and findings include:
- 20% of social enterprises obtain over 91% of their income from trading.
- Only 5% of organisations are more than 91% dependent on charitable grants.
- 66% of social enterprises work with volunteers
- 3042 people volunteer at social enterprises (47% of these are older people aged 50+)
- social enterprises offer 285 work placements annually
- 52% employ staff of a disadvantaged group such as older people, BME, disabled etc
- the top three social aims are education (42%), community development (35%) and employment/training for disadvantaged groups (33%).
Organisations involved in the research stage include established social enterprises East Communications and Sussex Community Internet Project as well as Brighton and Hove City Council and Brighton and Hove Primary Care Trust.
Anyone who is interested in the social enterprise directory should visit http://se.bhbcp.org.uk to register their details or browse the organisations already signed up.
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