Catalyst for community enterprise

Support is available to providers and commissioners seeking to change their practices and processes in response to the personalisation agenda, from micro enterprise specialist Community Catalysts.

Community Catalysts works with local authorities, PCTs and other organisations, to stimulate and support the development of micro services in their area.

Advice and hands on support is available in the form of:

• mapping existing micro providers – identifying service providers not already known to councils and PCTs through in depth research and market scoping
• engaging with providers to gain more information about their service and the resources they need to flourish
• providing a detailed and comprehensive database of the range of micro providers in the area and the resources needed to work together
• allocating a micro enterprise co-ordinator to work with councils
• working directly with local micro enterprise to help them flourish
• access to and support to implement a Quality Marking system - enabling councils and organisations to accredit providers; users to make informed service choices and providers to demonstrate the safety and value of what they offer.

The organisation is currently working with Dudley Metropolitan Borough and Telford and Wrekin Councils, and a further 11 councils in the UK to encourage the growth of existing and emerging service providers as one aspect of market shaping. It is also working with a number of larger organisations to explore the potential for their staff and users to establish new and exciting enterprises.

Community Catalyst Chief Executive, Sian Lockwood, will be addressing the JIP’s Transforming Adult Social Care (TASC) summit on 3 February 2011 – see details in Mobilising Community Capital article.

Telephone: 01423 790126, Web: http://www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/

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