Social Economy Growth Business Support ProgrammeExpression of Interest and Application Form

Locality is working with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to provide peer learning business support for social economy trading organisations in WMCA regions. This peer learning business support is being delivered as part of the WMCA’s Social Economy Growth Business Support programme which aims to double the size of the social economy within the next 10 years.

Locality will be supporting social economy trading organisations that have been established for over 2 years and have a trading income of between £50k - £100k. The peer learning programme is designed to help increase business skills and confidence, trading revenue and impact for participating organisations. The support also includes providing trading matched grants to participants who meet performance goals.

Please go to the next page to see if you are eligible to apply for this programme.

To check if your organisation is eligible to apply for this programme please answer yes or no to the following questions.

1. Is your organisation incorporated?

YesNoYour organisation must be incorporated, so it must registered with either Companies House, or in the case of mutuals/community benefit societies on the Mutuals Register or if you are a CIO registered with the Charities Commission in order to apply for this programme.

We’re sorry as your organisation is not incorporated you are not eligible to apply for this programme. Unfortunately we are not able to progress your interest any further.

Please click here to return to the Social Economy Programme to see whether you can access other support that is more suited to your organisation.

2. Has your organisation been incorporated for two or more years?

YesNo

In order to be eligible for this programme, your organisation must be incorporated. Therefore, it must be registered either as a company (including Community Interest Companies) with Companies House, a society (Community Benefit Society or Cooperative Society) with the Financial Conduct Authority, or as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with the Charities Commission.

Please click here to return to the Social Economy Programme to see whether you can access other support that is more suited to your organisation.

3. Is your organisation based and operating in a West Midlands Combined Authority area?

These include the following Local Authority Areas:

Birmingham City Council

Cannock Chase District Council

City of Wolverhampton

Coventry City Council

Dudley Metro Borough Council

North Warwickshire Borough Council

Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council

Redditch Borough Council

Rugby Borough Council

Sandwell Metro Borough Council

Shropshire Council

Solihull Metro Borough Council

Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Tamworth Borough Council

Telford & Wrekin Council

Walsall Council

Warwickshire County Council

YesNo

We're sorry you are not eligible to apply for this programme because you are not based in one of the West Midlands Combined Authority areas.

Please click here to return to the Social Economy Programme to see whether you can access other support that is more suited to your organisation.

4. Is your organisation's annual income between £50 - £100k?

YesNo

We're sorry you are not eligible to apply for this programme because your organisation's annual income has to be between £50k and £100k.

Please click here to return to the Social Economy Programme to see whether you can access other support that is more suited to your organisation.

Congratulations you are eligible to apply.

Section 1: About you and your organisation

About your organisation

Organisation name

Please enter the full legal name of your organisation without any punctuation or acronyms.

Street

Town

County

Postcode

Organisation website:

Your contact details

First Name

Last Name

Position

Email

Phone

Please enter numbers only and no spaces

Mobile

Please enter numbers only and no spaces

About your organisation

Please state your organisation type.

If you have chosen "other" please specify.

Charity registration number (if you have one).

Company registration number (if you have one)

Society number (if you have one)

Please upload your organisation's governing document below.

Please upload your organisation's latest set of accounts below.

Bank details

Please provide your bank details below. This is needed for due diligence purposes (to ensure there is a bank account in the legal name of your organisation).

Name of your bank

Bank account number

Sort code

Please upload a bank statement covering the last three months of transactions.

Section 2: Organisation activities

What is your organisation's primary activity?

What is your organisation's secondary activity?

Which population type does your organisation most support?

What are the main outcomes that you are seeking to gain from participation in this programme? Please tick all that apply.

Section 3: Organisation Impact

Please describe your organisation's mission

Maximum 100 words

Please state your organisation's trading income for the previous year.

This is a decimal number question to 2 decimal places.

Please state your organisation's trading expenditure for the previous year.

This is a decimal number question to 2 decimal places.

Please state the number of employees - FTE (Full Time Equivalent that were employed by the organisation at the end of the previous financial year.

This is a decimal number question.

Please state the number of volunteers that worked with the organisations at the end of the previous financial year.

This is a decimal number question.

Please state the number of volunteer hours the organisation received by the end of the previous financial year.

This is a number question, please enter numbers only, no punctuation.

Please state the number of beneficiaries the organisations supported during the previous financial year.

This is a number question, please enter numbers only, no punctuation.

Please state the percentage of the beneficiaries supported during the previous financial year that were from minoritised communities.

Please state the percentage of beneficiaries supported during the previous financial year that were experiencing socioeconomic deprivation.

Please state the percentage of beneficiaries supported during the previous financial year that considered themselves to be disabled.

Please state the percentage of your organisations services that are linked to environmental activities (e.g. services related to gardening, wildlife, climate change).

How would you describe your current level of business skills? (eg. This includes things like strategy planning, financial management, communications, project management, networking).

How would you describe your current level of business confidence (e.g. optimism about survival, potential for growth)?

Programme overview

Please tell us why you are interested in participating in this programme.

Maximum 100 words

The aim of this programme is to support social economy organisations to develop and grow through a peer learning process.

This includes engagement through workshops to provide 1 to 1 support, coaching, mentoring, guidance, and signposting.

What primary area of support do you think you would benefit from?

What secondary area of support do you think you would benefit from?

If you have any other support needs please specify below

250 character limit

What are you and your organisation seeking to achieve from this programme?

Maximum 100 words

Participants in the programme should be in a senior leadership position within a social economy organisation and should be committed to growing the trading and impact of their organisation.

How will you create time to ensure you are committed to the programme?

Maximum 100 words

What are the most appropriate times for you to participate in workshops?

Weekday – MorningsWeekday – AfternoonsWeekday – Full dayNo preference

Please specify other times you are available to participate in workshops.

250 character limit

Declaration

I certify that the information in this form is true and correct, that I have the authority to act on behalf of this organisation in submitting this application form. I understand that if the information provided is false or misleading, then this may invalidate my application.

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I agree that by submitting this application form, I am providing data, including personal details, to Locality and the programme’s delivery partners and the funders of this programme. This data will be used to process our application and will use our data for the purposes of any research or evaluation which might be commissioned in respect of this programme.

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