IMPACT 101: Cooperatives are big business: more than 1bn people are cooperative members, and the top 300 cooperatives and mutuals turn over more than US$2tn. But how do these entities work, and what are their benefits and drawbacks?
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Good Deals 2012 - the UK social investment conference - launched this morning with a film made in partnership with the SIB Group marking a decade of social investment. We are now at a turning point, heard delegates.
The government’s drive to encourage frontline public sector staff to think about delivering their services independently through a public service mutual has started to accelerate - leading to more mutualisation opportunities
The delivery of public services is fundamentally changing. Tim West visits a major conference convened by Social Finance to discover the role social investment could play in the reshaping of the commissioning landscape.
P3's award-winning Sandwell Complex Needs Service works with some of the most vulnerable and challenging people in the West Midlands – but why isn't there one in every town?
The UK's innovation foundation is ready to invest in social ventures tackling older people's wellbeing, education and employability of young people, and community sustainability.
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