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Join ClinksSocial Enterprise Acumen CIC is a specialist social enterprise support agency. It supports entrepreneurs to establish trading businesses that address social needs. It offers charities, community organisations and social enterprises expertise in bid writing, public procurement and capacity building.
It is the lead partner, coordinating the NOMS CFO-funded Social Enterprise Consortia Building Programme in the North East.
It is the lead partner, coordinating the NOMS CFO-funded Social Enterprise Consortia Building Programme in the North East.
Contact
Address
The Old Rectory
The Broadway
Houghton-Le-Spring
County of Durham
DH4 4BB
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
0191 386 9785
info@socialenterpriseacumen.co.uk
In Brief
Primary Field of Work
Employment
Custody or Community
Community
No. of service users
250
No. of Paid Staff
3
Organisation type
Community Interest Company
Legal status
Community Interest Company
Year of Formation
2010
Organisation's Income
Less than £30k
Contract History
Supporting information
We bring a mix of expertise that includes the delivery of employability and skills contracts, supporting the development of business start ups, management of funding programmes such as ESF and ERDF, bid writing and community development. We work with range of partners including public sector, social housing, national/ regional charities, individuals and local community organisations. We are directly involved with third sector organisations, delivering capacity building activities in order to improve their contract readiness and public sector procurement or supply chain opportunities. We are skilled facilitators, having developed and led multi agency partnerships at a community/ local level.We are lead partner for the North East regional NOMS Capacity Building Consortium, with approximately 20 members ranging from national partners such as User Voice, large regional charities such as ACTES to social enterprises such as BRIC.
Partner organisations
County Durham Community Foundation
North East NOMS Consortium (20+ orgs)
Cestria Community Housing
Teeside University
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Meadowell Connected
Gateshead Council
Wear Mencap
Humantics CIC
Regions
North East
County Durham UA
Darlington UA
Hartlepool UA
Middlesbrough UA
Northumberland UA
Redcar and Cleveland UA
Stockton-on-Tees UA
Tyne and Wear (Met County)
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Sunderland
North West
Cumbria
Area covered
1 or more regions
Fields of Work
Employment
Holistic services
Other
People you work with
Racially minoritised people
Families
Men