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Social ial Busin iness ess Wales es

3 year operation with the potential to extend a further 2 years £11.2m Operation Funded by: -

• European Structural Funds ERDF
• WG Department for Economy Science &

Transport

• WG Targeted Match Funding

Part of the Business Wales family of support

Social ial Busin iness ess Wales es

Will provide growth support to social businesses across Wales including: -

• Co-operatives
• Mutuals
• Social Enterprises
• Employee Owned Businesses

Social ial Busin iness ess Wales es

Eligible Businesses must be looking to grow and fit one of the growth principles

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BA BASICS SICS OF OF A C A CON ONSORT SORTIUM IUM

• It is purposeful.
• It has members.
• It has values –?
• It has rules – ?
• It has a plan – objectives and a

business model.

• It has relationships – internal and

external.

• It has arrangements for its management

– people, money, facilities.

• It needs investment – time and money.
• It is supported by collaborative

working.

WH WHAT AT IS IS CO COLL LLABORATIVE ABORATIVE WORKING KING

• Wider discipline
• BS1100 sets out the standards
• Joint ventures
• Alliances
• Collaborative Networks
• Partnering
• Clusters

Co Co-operative

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Consortia nsortia

Owned and controlled by the people or organisations that use its services Primarily provides a service to its own members Members = self-employed individuals / sole traders / independent businesses / social enterprises

Co Co-operative perative Consortium nsortium

Membe mbers rs Membe mbers rs Membe mbers rs

Case se Stu tudy y – Swa wansea nsea Social ial Ec Econom nomy y Fo Forum um

• The consortium consists of Gwalia,

Cyrenians, SYSHP, Caer Las, YMCA and Cymorth Cymru.

• The purpose of the consortium is to

provide a joined up business offer, promote project development and act as a focus for the social economy in Swansea. It also intends to provide a conduit for discussions with the City Council.

• The group has existed for some time as a

place to exchange knowledge and

• network. It is now in the process of

developing a joint operational plan.

• Once the strategy is clear it is likely they

will form a company to manage their joint interests.

The Collabo laborative rative Opportun portunity ity

• Shared costs
• Shared resources – staff /

premises

• Bulk purchasing
• Increased brand recognition
• Continuity and volume of supply

The Collabo laborative rative Opportun portunity ity

• Shared skills and knowledge
• Greater presence in the

market place & access to new markets

• Ability to tender for large

contracts

• Inter-trading

Case se Stu tudy y – MIND ND

• The MIND organisations in South East

Wales, including Monmouth, have been

• ffering services to support mental health

and wellbeing.

• The individual MINDS, such as Newport

MIND work independently but do share understandings.

• The group is taking this a stage further by

coming together to tender for joint projects and to see if they can realise other benefits.

• They are also anticipating changes to the

funding landscape and want to be proactive and prepared to respond to this.

• They are considering a Memorandum of

Understanding as part of their planning – this will provide the ground rules for cooperation.

BU BUY Y SI SIDE DE DR DRIV IVERS ERS

• Consolidation of contracts – e.g.

Families First

• Contract novation or structure

changes

• Change the culture of dependency
• Develop new local supply chains
• Increase capacity for delivery
• Rationalisation

Su Supp pply ly Si Side de Dr Driv ivers ers

• Securing funding
• Winning competitive tendering – Caerphilly Homes
• Anticipating the changes to the funding landscape –

Mind/CAB

• Developing new revenue streams – Three Cs
• Accessing new markets through a more comprehensive
• ffer – Aible Alert
• Consolidating geographic markets
• To fill a market gap/meet market need
• To create a coordinated approach to service

delivery – People First

• To develop new assets – Makers Guild
• To create a national body with effective gov./
• perations –Creu Cymru
• To develop joint business/projects – Cilydd
• To influence policy - Swansea Social Economy

Consortium

Summary mmary

By: By: + Raising ing profil ile + Pooling ing resour urces es + Increasin easing g buying ng power A consortium can: + Reach h new markets ts + Access ss bigger er contracts racts + Innovate vate products ucts and Services + Increase ease efficienc ciency y via economie nomies s of scale. And achieve: + Growing ing revenu nues + Reduced ced costs + Increased eased product ctiv ivity ty

Joint int Biddin ding g Guide de

• Developed by Welsh Government,

Wales Co-operative Centre and WCVA.

• Aimed at both private sector

businesses and social enterprises.

• Practical toolkit to aid the

success of consortia bids.

• Guidance for both the supply and

the buy side.

• Online resource:

www.wales.gov.uk/jointbidding

The e Cons nsorti rtia De Developm velopment ent Stag ages s

St Stage 1 age 1 Str Strategi ategic Ratio ationa nale St Stage 2 age 2 Id Iden entify fy P Partn artners ers St Stage 3 age 3 Early St arly Stage age Pla Plannin nning g – Joi Joint nt Visi sion

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St Stage 4 age 4 Deve evelopi ping ng the the B Busi usiness Mod ess Model el St Stage 8 age 8 Re Revi view w an and Evalua Evaluati tion

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St Stage 5 age 5 Agr gree ee on

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the Struct Structure ure of th

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e Consorti Consortium St Stage 6 age 6 Leg egal Fra al Framework ework and and Gover Governa nance nce St Stage 7 age 7 St Start art Deli eliveri vering ng

Conditions ditions Necessary ssary for Successful cessful Consortium sortium

• Trust.
• Recognition of the need to collaborate.
• Need to identify the right partners.
• Understanding of partners’ capabilities and

strengths - complementary skills.

• Similar values, ethos, style and quality standards.
• Non-competitive environment.
• Commitment to sharing.
• Excellent communication between members.
• Simple processes & clearly set boundaries.
• Clarity on role in the delivery of work and in

putting the bid together.

• Shared workloads – fairness in the sharing of work.
• Keeping momentum.
• Keeping promises.

Informal

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Support port Group up Formal mal Agreements eements New Legal gal Vehicle icle

Our r Role le

• Advice on suitable business models,
• rganisational and legal structures
• Advice and support with governance issues
• Business and financial planning advice and

support

• Finding finance and helping to access grant

funding where appropriate

• Support with HR issues
• Support with developing important

equalities strategies and environmental management systems

• Training and mentoring

Contact ntact Detai tails ls

Sarah Owens – Business Adviser Sarah.owens@wales.coop Mobile: 07760 885634

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