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The Good Deals Marketplace is a forum to meet, sell, buy and network.
To find out how to join the Marketplace at Good Deasl 2012 email or call Matt Black:
Email : matt@matterandco.com
Tel :+44 (0)20 8533 8892
in 2011, exhibitors included:
Who you are: With 12,000 exceptional people across the UK andSwitzerland, Deloitte has the broadest and deepest range of skills ofany business advisory organisation.
What you offer: Deloitte Social Innovation Pioneers will showcase theUK's most socially innovative businesses and provide a tailored packageof practical support to help them scale and become investment-ready.
Who should talk to you: Innovative social businesses, social enterprises, charities and anyone who is interested to find out more about the programme and how to apply.
Who you are: Buzzbnk is an online marketplace that brings together social ventures looking for funding with people who are keen to support with small amounts of money.
What you provide: A platform where social ventures can create tailored fundraising structures, including a mix of loan (revenue participation, interest bearing, or principle only), donation, and pre-sales of goods or services.
Who should talk to you: Social ventures looking to raise start-up/ seed capital for their business or for a new project.
Who we are: The SROI Network is an international membership organisation, dedicated to the consistent and effective use of Social Return on Investment.
What we offer: Training, membership, support, accreditation and assurance, plus resources to help you account for the value of your work.
Who should talk to us: Practitioners, researchers, consultants, academics, funders, investors and anyone interested in SROI and impact measurement.
Who we are: Be Inspired Films helps businesses, charities and social enterprises seeking to benefit society in powerful ways, to bring their messages to life through the use of video.
What we offer: We create high quality video content, animations and motion graphics that get to the heart of your story, capture and demonstrate the impact of your work and engage and inspire supporters and stakeholders. We also train organisations to create their own short videos so they can take advantage of putting regular video content online at low cost.
Who should to talk us: Anyone that feels they have something important and useful to communicate to others for social good.
Who you are: CAF Venturesome is the social investment arm of the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). Since 2002, we have offered £24m of lending to over 300 organisations.
What you provide: CAF Venturesome provides affordable, unsecured loans (interest rates from 6%) to charities and social enterprises.
Who should talk to you: Charities and social enterprises. We do NOT fund start-ups, and do not provide grants.
Who we are: The Co-operative Bank which is part of the World's largest consumer co-operative which is, in turn, wholly membership owned
What we offer: The Co-operative Bank is guided by ethics and we share our profits with our members and the communities we serve. In addition, the team here today only deal with social enterprises and charities.
Who should talk to us: Social enterprises and charities looking for specialised banking services
Who we are: The Social Investment Business is the largest social investor in the UK.
What we offer: We have made over 1100 investments in civil society organisations ranging from under £5,000 to almost £7 million. We offer finance, knowledge and expertise to help civil society organisations thrive.
Who should talk us: CSOs, Local Authorities and other public sector bodies, commercial lenders
Who we are: UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and offers the largest such network in the world
What we offer: UnLtd offers a complete package of resources; from awards of funding between £500 and £15,000 to ongoing advice, networking and practical support.
Who should to talk us: Budding social entrepreneurs and established social entrepreneurs
Who you are: BWB is proud of its reputation as the leading social enterprise law firm.
What you offer: We have the largest team in the UK focused entirely on working for charities and social enterprises.
Who should talk to you: Our clients range from household names to innovative start-ups and from international networks to local community groups.
Who we are: Resonance is a social finance intermediary working with high impact social enterprises of all shapes and sizes to raise capital from values aligned investors.
What we offer: Resonance operates directly or in partnership 2 niche funds: a co-investment fund for early stage high growth high impact businesses and a debt fund for underwriting community share issues.
Who should talk to us: High impact social enterprises and investors
Who we are: Long established as a leading adviser to successful businesses which deliver social, environmental and community benefit.
What we offer: Strategic advice to management including effective reporting, linking demonstration of social impacts with financial performance; comprehensive tax, accounting and audit services, bespoke to need, and advise on risk and financial management.
Who should talk to us: Charities, social enterprises or local authorities seeking to; demonstrate how their business performance underpins social impacts; better manage finances and tax, and manage accountability and other compliance obligations efficiently and cost effectively.
Who we are: Charity Bank is a different bank for people who want a different world. We have made loans of £160 million to 1000 social enterprises, charities and community groups that reach 3,500,000 people through their work.
What we offer: Affordable loan finance, up to £2 million, and other forms of social investment to social enterprises and charities.
A secure home for your deposits, investing 100% of depositor's money in organisations that benefit society.
Who should speak to us: Social enterprises and charities looking for affordable finance and individuals or organisations looking to deposit or invest in social change.
Who we are: The Social Enterprise Mark is the brand for social enterprises. The Mark identifies businesses that have been independently verified against defined criteria for social enterprise.
What we offer: Businesses displaying the Mark show customers that they are driven by social and environmental objectives and are trading to benefit people and planet.
Who should talk to us: Whether you’re a social enterprise, or you want to find social enterprises for your supply chain – talk to us.
Who we are: We exist to use money to benefit people and the planet, bringing together savers and investors who want to change the world for the better with sustainable enterprises doing just that.
What we offer: We finance businesses with a social, environmental and cultural purpose. We offer industry-leading expertise in the social enterprise, arts and cutlture, renewable energy and agriculture sectors supported by our debt or equity capital fund-raising capabilities or corporate finance advisory services.
Who should talk to us: Social enterprises looking for finance.
Who we are: Social Enterprise Qualification (SEQ)
What we offer: a level 2 qualification for young people and adults in Social Enterprise, which provides a structure to support people to learn about and set up socially enterprising activity. SEQ is being run in England, China and Uganda so there are opportunities for international link up and projects.
Who should talk to us: anyone who wants to deliver or take part in Social Enterprise Qualification (SEQ), or social enterprises who can offer workshops, talks or visits to SEQ students.
Who we are: CAN is a social enterprise dedicated to supporting social enterprises and charities scale up their businesses, maximise on mission delivery and measure their social impact.
What we offer: We provide business support and capital and bespoke social impact reporting - from mentoring to full studies - helping you account for your organisational impact. We also offer high-quality and affordable office solutions for the sector through our CAN Mezzanine buildings.
Who should talk to us: Established charities and social enterprises looking to build their capacity and understand their competitive advantage.
Who you are: My Time CIC is a service user owned social enterprise based in Birmingham that provides inter-cultural bespoke professional mental health services
What you provide: A social franchise (service user owned mental health service in a "box") that has real social impact. My Time enables individuals/families experiencing depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and mental health problems, to gain real control of their lives.
Who should talk to you: Mental Health Service Users and Professionals that want to establish innovative services in their area. Health and Service Commissioners and Social Enterprise Development Agencies that wish to see active service user involvement and tackle mental health issues.
Who we are: Matter&Co
What we offer: We are a multidisciplinary communications company with more than a decade of experience building success for ambitious, values-driven organisations.
We build marketing and PR campaigns, brands, events, print and digital media that resonate with key audiences.
Who should talk to us: We work with all inspiring organisations across business and society