VASA supporting Social Enterprise in South Ayrshire

VASA are committed to empowering Third Sector groups who, having identified a market, see creating a social enterprise as an alternative or an additional source of income.

In reality many of you already run a business although you don't make a personal profit.

Before you even start to think about trading you should have identified your market and drafted up a marketing and selling strategy. You also need to make sure you have the training, skills and experience to start trading.

We have tried to offer a guide to the key considerations that groups must be aware of when thinking about a social enterprise. Perhaps the most critical of these is the prompt that appears on virtually every section – seek professional advice.

We are here to support and signpost, and through the provision of a variety of practical initiatives VASA hope to encourage the growth of this sector.

If you are a Third Sector organisation thinking about social enterprise as a route to a sustainable future, then contact Norah Williamson norah@voluntaryactionsouthayrshire.org.uk to find out how we can help.