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Income generation workstream

Led by ACEVO

Increasing sustainability and independence for third sector organisations through income generation.

Workstream partnership

Lead agency: ACEVO (The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations)

Partners: Social Enterprise London (SEL), The Development Trusts Association (DTA), Community Matters, The Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG), Voice4Change England.

 

Key aims for 2008-2011
  • by 2011 we will have stimulated a culture change in the support offered to frontline organisations so that they can better access expert knowledge on the full spectrum of income generation
  • enabling frontline organisations to become more financially sustainable and independent
  • bringing together leading expertise to connect and develop support providers from across the third sector.

 

Benefits for support providers
  • a raised awareness and understanding of the full range of income generation opportunities for frontline organisations
  • opportunities to share experience and best practice between social enterprise and third sector support organisations
  • added value to existing programmes.

 

Key opportunities
  • helping frontline organisations to access the full range of income generation opportunities available
  • overcoming inexperience in vital trading areas such as negotiation and marketing
  • gaining ability to accurately assess and/or justify the viability of trading options
  • finding support in managing local assets
  • developing capacity to manage contracts
  • sharing understanding of the procurement process  
  • improving co-ordination of social enterprise infrastructure.