After the success of the last series of roundtable event, we are back with more this October!
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Capacity building
All our services are aimed at creating organisations that deliver sustainable social impact.
How?
• We can assist you to position your organisation to be better able to deliver public contracts, develop new income streams and reduce dependency on grant funding
• We can help you to adopt more commercial practices and develop social enterprise activities from either the ground up or out of existing services and community projects
Our Approach:
At Eastside, we invest a great deal of time getting to know your organisation and your aims before we suggest embarking on any project. With this approach, we have designed 5 core services to enable your organisation to become more robust and sustainable for the challenges ahead.
Mergers and Consortia development
Collaboration is an important tool for leaders of third sector: mergers can provide a more secure operating environment for organisations; while consortia offer improved access to public contracts. We will help you understand what type of collaboration is best for you, who are potential partners and what are practical steps to make it happen. We can arrange finance if and when required.
The current commissioning environment offer risks and opportunities for the third sector. We can help you to position your organisation as a supplier to government, either as a sub-contractor/prime or through developing a consortia. Read how Eastside and partners developed 3sc - a national consortia for third sector to deliver public services.
Public Sector Contracting planning and development
Learning and knowlege based support into current contracting environment. Risk analysis of potential contracts, tendering support and best practice, operational delivery review and implementation. Analysis of partnerships and consortia strategies.
Investment for sustainable growth is a key factor in the success of any organisation. We can help your organisation to get ready for investment through professional planning and to secure the right type of finance. We have secured £43 million for clients through grants, loans, venture capital, sponsorship and contracts.
Organisational Change
Developing teams that can deliver social and commercial outcomes is a challenge for many organisations. We can help your organisation to become more enterprising and to imbed new behaviours on the shop floor. We offer different workshops and cultural-change programmes to assist you
Setting up a new enterprise
Turning ideas into successful enterprises is challenging. We can help organisations to incorporate and set-up a new enterprise, to select the right legal structure, to implement a growth strategy and to build a successful team