Cabinet Office Third Sector

Social enterprise

The Office of the Third Sector's responsibilities include national policy on social enterprise. Our social enterprise activity is focused on working across government to create an environment in the UK for social enterprises to thrive. Our vision is of a dynamic and sustainable social enterprise sector contributing to a stronger economy and a fairer society.

The Government's commitments to support social enterprise are set out in the Social enterprise action plan, which includes actions to raise awareness of social enterprise, ensure social enterprises have the right support, advice and finance, and enable them to work with government.

In this section:

• Background to social enterprise
  An introduction to social enterprise.
• Social enterprise action plan 
  Setting out the Government's vision for social enterprise.
• Social Enterprise Day
  A day in Enterprise Week dedicated to promoting awareness of social enterprise.
• Social enterprise ambassadors
  An initiative to raise awareness of social enterprise using role models from the sector.
• Make Your Mark: Change Lives 
  A campaign to inspire young people in the UK to use their enterprising ideas for social and environmental change.

Other links:

• Social enterprise research 
  Research into the social enterprise sector.