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The project has put together a number of case studies of VCS organisations in the East Midlands that have moved towards or well down the path of trading. They each have different stories to tell. The case studies pick up on particular themes or issues that many organisations will recognise. The stories are told mainly in the words of the people who are ‘doing it’ from the organisations. We hope that you will learn a lot from others’ experiences and that it will encourage you to think about how it applies to your organisations.

These are the initial case studies; more will be added shortly.

Case Studies

Theme

Adrenaline Alley

Mission related trading - and non mission related trading.

Aqoon

Feasibility studies - use of.

Community Enterprise Derby

Use of a trading arm

Enterprise Sinfin

Use of a building asset / Building on the strengths of an organisation

Glossopdale Furniture Project

Generating the idea - how they did it; deliberate/accidental/organic.

High Peak CVS - Digital Umbrella

When to set up a trading arm / Non‐mission related trading

JET

Sustainability

Leicester Stride

Building on your strengths as an organisation

Lenton Centre

Use of a building / asset

Louth Interskill

Perception of stakeholders

Mansfield CVS

Public sector -selling to and contracting with public sector.

Mansfield YMCA

Mission related trading / Changing perceptions of stakeholders

Network for Change

Public sector - selling to and contracting with public sector.

Release Financial Charitable Trust

Generating the idea - how they did it; deliberate/accidental/organic.

Sir John Moore Foundation

Entrepreneurial - being entrepreneurial.

Southwell Care Project

Perceptions stakeholders / Mission-related trading

Stonebridge City Farm

Motivation - increase income due to loss grants.

Torrs Hydro

Use of equity finance

Umbrella

Public sector - selling to and contracting with public sector.

Unique Social Enterprise

Structures - deciding when and if to set up a trading arm

To view other case studies on voluntary and community organisations in the East Midlands produced by One East Midlands click here.