UK: New resources for disabled entrepreneurs

Social Firms UK, the organisation that supports and promotes businesses specially created to provide employment for disabled people, has launched three new resources for people running, or hoping to set up, social enterprises or social firms. The resources, which are free to download from the organisation’s website are: Case Study for Transition from Unpaid to Paid Disabled Workers The case study describes the experiences of Bristol-based social enterprise Grounds & Gardens when it converted its unpaid service users to paid employees. Co-operative Social Firms Research Report The report explores how and why social firms choose organisational structures and, in particular, why few choose to set up as co-operatives. Social Screening Diagnostic Tool A tool to help assess the potential of a business to become a social enterprise. It focuses on the quality of employment, workplace support issues and employee development opportunities for this purpose. www.socialfirms.co.uk