Jonathan Berry has a health background working in the voluntary sector and the NHS. He has developed a specialism in health literacy and the links between learning and health inequalities. He used his expertise to create a new social enterprise. Jonathan joined Voluntary Action LeicesterShire's 2013 Future Focus Conference to give a workshop on how social enterprise can help the voluntary sector thrive in a difficult economic climate. His story is of a vital project which saw its funding cut and how that project found ways to package what they did and sell their services to new customers. At Future Focus, Jonathan's workshop helped groups understand how to fund a fledgling social enterprise, new ways of developing partnerships, and the importance of a definable product. While the 2013 Future Focus conference is now over, VAL runs trainings and workshops like Jonathan's year-round. If you'd like to learn more about training for your organisation, visit www.Valoneline.org.uk.

1. Moving to the Dark Side
Embracing new forms of funding
Jonathan Berry Director
Community Health & Learning
Foundation

2. How We Started
• Span out of national UK Charity
• Track record
• Reputation
• BUT
• End of funding period

3. What We Did
• Set up as a Social Enterprise – CIC
• Agreed Governance Structure
• Agreed Roles and Responsibilities
• AND CRUCIALLY
• Hit the Ground Running

4. How Did We Sustain & Grow
• Existing Clients – key to hitting the ground
running
• But crucially new clients
• Even more crucially a mixture of public,
private and voluntary clients - segment

5. How Did We Sustain & Grow
• Networking
• Partnerships
• Connecting Policy and Practice
• Having a clear “Product”
• Evidence of Impact – VITAL
• Award

6. Questions
• THANK YOU
• Further Information

7. The Future
• Challenging
• But Opportunities
• Innovative approach to funding opportunities
eg Social Impact Bonds
• New Policy Landscape Emerging