What's in it for you?
The Award equips participants with the skills, knowledge and understanding needed by managers, advisors and consultants to promote the functions and services of social enterprises.

Who should attend?
The module is targeted at Social Enterprise sector staff, Social Enterprise Advisors, and volunteers.

• Social Enterprise Managers
• Social Enterprise Sector Specialists
• Independent Business Advisors
• Business Development Managers

Promote the needs of the sector
This programme will allow you to identify the needs and understand how to promote Social Enterprises as a manager,  advisors or consultants. This programme is designed in a way that will give delegates the skills to promote social enterprise concepts to potential stakeholders, and support stakeholders in investigating proposals for new social enterprise.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Identify and promote opportunities to establish social enterprise activities.
• Support the formation and development of a group of stakeholders to   develop a social enterprise proposal.
• Review and improve your own practices in supporting new social  enterprises.
• Investigate market conditions, social needs and economic trends in order to identify opportunities for new social enterprise initiatives.
• Investigate the viability of a social enterprise proposal.

Course Overview

• How to increase the involvement of stakeholders with social enterprises.
• The business development process, community consultation and the viability of social enterprises.
• The availability of resources to support the formation and development of social enterprise initiatives, including specialist advice, grants, and other resources.
• Business development processes and their impact on organisations shifting from grant-funded activities to trading activities.
• Community consultation techniques for engaging product and service users in the development of a social enterprise proposal.
• Effective market research and marketing in the social enterprise market.

Learning Objectives
The award will give you the overall and relevant up to date knowledge required to  promote Social Enterprises in the most effective and practical way.

This Award is a part of the Accredited ILM Level 5 Qualifications in Social Enterprise Support and can be taken as a single unit (Award) or as a part of a combination of Awards to attain a Certificate or Diploma.