Reports and Publications
There are many strands to this comprehensive development programme. For an overview, see the Present Activities page. Regular reports are posted below and are highlighted on the News and Events pages.
Reports are available in Word or PDF format. Please choose from the following sections:
 SOCIAL ECONOMY BRISTOL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPDATES
NATIONAL INFORMATION
COMMUNITY FINANCE INITIATIVES
BRISTOL AUDIT
ADDITIONAL REPORTS
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SOCIAL ECONOMY BRISTOL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPDATES
An ICT Agency For Bristol's Social Economy
Report on Phase 1 of the 'BrisCIT-SEDP' Feasibility Study Project
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Feasibility and Development Work - Supply and Recruitment Agency
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The Value of Investing in People and Enterprise - Unlocking the potential of the Social Economy in Bristol. Executive Summary Draft Report.
Full Report (785k)
Chapter 1 - Community economic development and the social economy
Chapter 2 - Social economy bristol development project
Chapter 3 -Wider significance of the social economy
Chapter 4 - Investing in people and social enterprise
Chapter 5 - Defining the social economy
Chapter 6 - Examples of social economy organisations
Chapter 7 - Mapping the social economy in Bristol
Chapter 8 - Employment, equal opportunities and volunteering
Chapter 9 - Barriers and constraints for the social economy
Chapter 10 - Support and resources for the social economy
Chapter 11 - Ambitions and opportunities
Chapter 12 - Benefits of the development project
Chapter 13 - Moving forward
Mapping the Social Economy in and around Bristol
Complete Report - Word Format
Complete Report - PDF Format
 Reports graph - Powerpoint
Reports graph - PDF
Investing or a Dynamic Social Economy in Bristol
Report of a workshop held on 5th February 2003, to share the findings of the research study on the same topic, and to explore the issues arising from it.
Full report - PDF format
Full report - Word format
Investing for a Dynamic Social Economy in Bristol
This report of a study commissioned by the SEBDP project looked at ways of improving access to sources of credit and loan finance. The aims were: to assess the capacity of Social Economy organisations in the Bristol area to attract and utilise credit and loan finance; to research the needs of Social Economy organisations for credit and loan finance and the availability of such finance for the sector, to identify the obstacles that Social Economy organisations and providers of loan finance face in doing business together and; to
suggest ways in which these obstacles might be addressed.
Investing for a Dynamic Social Economy in Bristol
Social Economy Bristol Development Action Programme
The current version is attached.
SEBD Action Programme 10-02
Social Enterprise Support Services in Bristol
In October 2001 Baker Brown Associates produced a report for Bristol City Council reviewing business support services for social enterprises. Since then there have been many developments at a national, regional and local level, which have transformed the landscape of support for social enterprises. This report highlights these changes and the opportunities they present for further developing social enterprises support services in Bristol.
Baker Brown Associates Report
Social Economy - the real future
A 2-day international symposium organised by BACEN with contributers from England, Scotland, USA and Canada, held on 15th and 16th May 1997 in Bristol. Attended by key players in policy making, planning and delivering community regeneration strategies and developing the social economy.
Front page
Page 2 - the purpose of the Symposium
Page 3 - 'What did we do?' and 'A night out at Jurys Hotel'
Page 4 - Hands-on work
Page 5 - Key points
Page 6 - Key points
Page 7 - Key points
Page 8 - Some facts & figures
Page 9 - Hands-on work
Page 10 - Hands-on work
Page 11 - Who was there?
Page 12 - What is a Community Enterprise?
West of England CDFI Potential Ways Forward and Practical Actions
Outcome of research process.
Potential Ways Forward & Practical Actions
Activist to Entrepreneur
This report identifies the feasibility and early development work required for a skills programme for active and potential social entrepreneurs in the Bristol area.
Bristol City Council commissioned the work and the review began in late 2003 to be completed by the end of spring 2004. This project is set firmly within the context of the Social Economy Bristol Development Programme, itself a programme of research and capacity building activities focused on the social economy in Bristol.
An audit in 2001 found that the value of the social economy in Bristol is more than £223 million, employing 9,400 people (almost 5% of the total workforce). There may be many opportunities for growth in the social economy (in particular the ‘modernising local government’ agenda, RDA spend and neighbourhood renewal activity) and it is recognised that whilst the challenges facing social entrepreneurs are significant, support mechanisms for training and development may not be sufficient to meet these.
The underpinning purpose of Activist to Entrepreneur is to recognise the particular development needs of the individual (rather than the organisation) in establishing and growing social economy organisations.
Word version
Pdf version
Information Brief
Basic information concerning the overall strategy of the Social Economy Bristol Development Programme (updated January 2005)
Word version
Strengthening Support Services to Build a Dynamic Social Economy in Bristol
This report contains the findings of a mapping exercise of social economy support organisations in the Bristol region carried out by Phil Parry Associates during 2004 and also includes notes on a workshop to consider the findings attended by representatives of infrastructure organisations.
Word version
Talents report synopsis
"Towards a Learning and Enterprising Society" ("TALENTS project"). This is a sortened version of the Research report into "Social Enterprise and Young People" commisioned by the Social Economy Bristol Development Project and written by Anthony Austin.
Word document
Gold Standard Best Practice Report
The Gold Standard was a flagship project supporting Social Enterprise development in Knowle West. Five social enterprises took part to enable their fast track business development and growth. This 2 year project was managed by the Knowle West Development Trust (KWDT) and BACEN were contracted to provide business support. It also had support from Business West. This project contributed towards supporting the development of successful social enterprises in communities experiencing social exclusion and promoting local employment opportunities in the Knowle West area. Liverpool based consultants Pulse Regeneration carried out an evaluation of the project and also investigated best practice in social enterprise support elsewhere and produced a report of their findings. That report is now available here.
Gold Standard Best Practice Report
Asset Transfer Report
Here is the final report dated September 04 prepared for Bristol City Council by the Liverpool based consultancy Pulse regeneration into the issue of asset transfer from public bodies to not for profit organisations.
Full Report
Report to informal BCC executive 18/4/05
Asset Transfer Report (Executive Summary)
Marketing and PR Within the Social Economy Sector
Produced in Bristol by the Western Partnership for Sustainable Development in 2002, the aim of the study is to identify what is required to enable Social economy Organisations (SEOs)to make batter use of Marketing and PR as a tool for managing the organisation and for promoting an organisation as a whole.
Marketing and PR
Summary of C3 Project
This project running from 2004-2007 is to develop tools and pilot new models that support a wide range of social economy business advice and development organisations, to build in key elements of performance improvement, and quality management approaches into their work. This will enable the sector to become more credible and competitive, leading to a fuller and more confident engagement in wider market opportunities. The approach will be developed throughout the West of England.
Summary
NATIONAL INFORMATION
DTI Social Enterprise Unit Seminar 09/10/01
Seminar
Seminar
COMMUNITY FINANCE INITIATIVES
Community Finance Learning Group 15th January 2003
Report of the open learning meeting on finance for community groups and initiatives. Here are notes and copies of the presentations
Community Finance Learning Group 15th January 2003
Financial Exclusion and the Growth of CDFIs
This report by Karl Dayson of Community Finance Solutions includes:
Introduction to Financial Exclusion
Pre-1997 Development of Community Based Financial Institutions
The Policy Action Team Reports
Post-1997 Policy Implementation
Review of Research Activity
CDFI Development
Key Challenges for CDFI Development
References
Here's the report in PDF format
And in Word format
Community Finance Learning Group 6th March 2003
Report of the second Learning Group Session on finance and initiatives for community groups.
2nd Learning Group Session Report
A Guide To Loans For Social Enterprise
This is the second edition of the guide, which BACEN have produced in partnership with the Social Economy Bristol Development Project (SEBDP). The guide brings together information on loans and other forms of community finance that are particularly suitable for community businesses and social enterprises. The new guide is quite different to the previous edition and we hope that it will provide practical support as well as inspiration for social entrepreneurs in the West of England.
Second edition of the Loans Guide
Cover for 1st edition of Loans Guide
1st edition of Loans Guide
Financial Inclusion Briefing Note
Briefing note on the delivery of CDFIs in Bristol and the West of England. This is an executive summary of the research reports, written for general circulation.
Financial Inclusion Briefing Note
First Stage Research Report
Report on the first stage in the possible creation of a sub-regional project for a locally based Community Development Finance Initiative (CDFI) for the West of England Strategic Partnership area.
First stage research report
CDFI Learning Set Resource Pack
First re-draft of the resource pack from the learning sets.
Resource Pack
BRISTOL AUDIT
Bristol Social Economy Audit (1999) Summary Data and Statistics
PDF file
An Evaluation of the Audit Process - Report by UWE
Evaluation
Evaluation
Social Economy Bristol Audit Questionnaire 2005
Here is the Social Econmy Bristol Audit Questionnaire 2005. If you have not already received it by post then download it here and fill it in on behalf of your organisation. All those received before January 17th 2005 will be eligible for our prize draw (prize £200 for your organisation)
Questionnaire
ADDITIONAL REPORTS
Bristol InterLETS Directory of LETS
Directory
An ICT Agency for Bristol's Social Economy
Doc
PDF
Bristol Social Economy Employment and Volunteering Survey Executive Summary
Doc
PDF
Local Exchange and Trading Schemes (LETS)
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PDF
Social Enterprise and Business Support Services
Doc
PDF
Social Firms
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PDF
Development Fund Details
Guidelines
Application form sheet 2
Advert for Panel Members
Application Form Sheet 1
 Business Support Organisations
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