BAME publications and resources
Publications
Procurement Power: How BAME organisations can get work through procurement
Procurement Power is a short guide intended to give you information and advice on how to win government, public sector or other business through procurement. It is primarily aimed at BAME social enterprises but contains information relevant to any social enterprise.
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic social enterprises – the business of opportunity and empowerment
Resources
In April 2010 the BAME programme sponsored three BAME social entrepreneurs to attend the Social Enterprise World Forum in San Francisco. Social entrepreneurs and enthusiasts from over 30 countries around the world gathered for the three day event to attend sessions and panels, share ideas and make connections.
You can read reports from the three delegates below in which they share their experience of the event and their thoughts on the social enterprises they visited whilst in Seattle.
Press releases:
October 2009
BAME strategy launched
A new strategy to encourage Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities into social enterprise was launched today (21 October) at an event in London for BAME female entrepreneurs. Angela Smith, Minister for the Third Sector, attended the event.
March 2009
BAME communities embrace social enterprise as a better way to do business
On 24 March 2009 social entrepreneurs from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities gathered at a day-long event in Luton to call for more awareness of businesses with social and environmental goals.
Social enterprise for all - BAME event, Luton
The Social Enterprise Coalition will be hosting the second in a series of one day events designed to inform the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community about the business opportunities available to them through social enterprise.
July 2008
Survey finds greater diversity and more equality in social entrepreneurship in the UK
New research released today shows that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities have higher levels of social entrepreneurship than the White community. It also finds that while women are only half as likely as men to be mainstream entrepreneurs, they are equally as or more likely than men to be social entrepreneurs.
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