FAQ: How can we externalise our project from the local authority? Are there any examples of when this being done successfully?
In terms of externalising work projects or Social Firms from public authority backgrounds, there aren’t many examples yet of this happening. The following reports may be of interest:
- "Bringing Social Firms Out Of Public Authoritiy Control" (£60 to non-members of Social Firms UK and £30 to members)
- "A Guide To Charities Starting Social Firms" (£40 to non-members of Social Firms UK and £20 to members)
- Perceived advantages/disadvantages of externalising Social Firms from public authorities (August 2007)
- Reports from the Invest to Save project run by Social Firms UK:
- Employment creation in social enterprises, a public authority perspective: ISB final evaluation & guide to good practice;
- Employment creation In social enterprises, a public authority perspective: ISB financial net cost analysis & disabled worker perspective;
- Employment creation In social enterprises, a public authority perspective: ISB evaluation report, full version.
Consultancy from Social Firms UK
Social Firms UK is able to provide consultancy on externalising Social Firms from public authority control. Examples of where this has worked is Travel Matters, which came out of an NHS Trust in Surrey in June 2006 (www.travelmattersuk.com), Netherne Printing Services, which came out of the same NHS Trust in October 2006 (www.netherneprint.co.uk) and Sally Reynolds is currently assisting Devon Partnership NHS Trust to externalise Hillcrest Branch Social Firm in Exeter.