Applying for funding contracts is ‘soul destroying’
I saw this in Civil Society and it certainly rang bells with me. I have a lot of experience of trying to engage with commissioning and...
Tips and Tricks to Make Your Funding Application Stand Out
Securing funding is an essential part of launching and growing a successful social business, but doing so can be time consuming and can...
'Social enterprises go bust all the time' -how the sector is tackling its image problem
The appetite for companies with a social purpose has never been greater. But they still face wariness from the wider business community...
Lessons from an unpredictable future
Sustaining social justice is difficult. It’s not enough for social entrepreneurs to be opportunistic, you need to be systematic. Futures...
Marketing plan in a day
March 21st 2017 Waters Edge Barton upon Humber Marketing your organisation is essential but how often does marketing take the back seat?...
The Best Free Social Enterprise Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed
Whether you are in the planning stages of launching a social enterprise, are brainstorming whether your idea is plausible or you simply...
So what do CERT actually do?
I suppose its quite damming in some ways but the question "So what do CERT actually do" is one that we are asked quite often. Given that...
Carilion - Is the government going to take notice at last?
I read this article by Asheem Singh in the Guardian with a great deal of interest - CERT has been trying to gain government work and...
Social investors will “innovate and break new ground” with dormant assets money
£135m will be made available for social investment over the next four years from forgotten bank and building society accounts, the...
Social Investment is coming of age (at last)
CERT Consultancy has helped lots of organisations venture into the world of social investment. We help with business planning, preparing...
