Free course - Creating a nurse-led social enterprise

This is a one day course aimed at people interested in the development and creation of nurse-led social enterprises. Although this courses is primarily aimed at nurses who are interested in creating social enterprises, this course will still be relevant to other people looking to create a social enterprise in health.

Benefits

• Learn about the various legal structures and processes to create social enterprise
• Understand the reasons that most social enterprises fail and how to avoid these
• Be able to support yourself and your team through the creation process

This course will contain the following topics:

• What is a social enterprise
• Particular issues around nurse-led social enterprises
• Pension and TUPE issues
• Legal structures
• Developing a "beermat business plan" for your social enterprise
• Financing a social enterprise
• Planning for the transition
• Why most social enterprises fail
• Developing entrepreneurial skills
• Operating outside the NHS
• Where to get support and advice

There are no dates for this course for 2011 at present. Further details will be added here when the course next runs.