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Quality mark for social enterprises set to be launched
People working for social enterprises are set to be assessed in a new way, it has been revealed.
By forming links as network partners, Social Firms UK and Rise will use the latter’’s social enterprise kitemark to create a quality mark for such third sector bodies located throughout Britain, ThirdSector.co.uk reports.
Meanwhile, Social Firms UK had created its own star assessment system - independently accredited by the Small Firms Enterprise Development Institute - for those socially responsible firms wishing to demonstrate their ethical credentials.
Now the two institutions will work together to expand Rise’’s star quality standard to social enterprises across the country.
Paula Howley, director of enterprise and projects at Rise, said: "These two initiatives complement one another and we have agreed that working more strategically together will be an excellent way of both promoting the brand and acknowledging the quality of social enterprise."
Last summer, Phil Hope, minister of the Third Sector, unveiled a raft of measures aimed an increasing access to funds for those working for social enterprises.
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