Building partnerships. Working with local authorities. Generating income. Communicating vision. These are some of the skills it takes to build a successful land based social enterprise.
Our profiles highlight the strengths of different organisations, so that the sector as a whole can learn what works. Look through the curated key issues below to learn from others’ strengths, mistakes and imagination.
The environmental assets local authorities own can be hit hard by budget cuts. Expecting traditional community groups to take on responsibility for these spaces can be unrealistic, not to mention daunting. The case studies below document strong working relationships between social enterprises and local authorities.
Be it setting up supply and distribution chains, forming agreements with landowners, supporting local authority departments, working with developers or gathering support for a campaign, the land based social enterprises below showcase the importance of not working alone.
The videos below bring together all kinds of different land based social enterprises to talk about common policy issues, that are discussed further in our policy blogs.
Many land based social enterprises are not interested in the costs or liabilities associated with owning land, whilst others see ownership as an important part of their work. The case studies below showcase the way different ownership arrangements, including leases, planning limitations and management agreements can work.
Land based social enterprises can create lots of benefits, but developing a sustainable business can often be a struggle. The organisations below have found innovative ways to fit financial productivity into the way their organisations work.
Knowing when and how to grow can be a challenge for any organisation, let alone if it focuses on creating social and environmental value, or being based within a particular community. Shared Assets has researched this in the past, creating case studies, a thought guide and a toolkit to help organisations tackle this common problem. The videos…
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