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Social Firms Wales envisions a Wales where inclusive social firms serve as a sustainable solution to unemployment and exclusion, making meaningful employment accessible to people facing the greatest barriers in the labour market. They strive to be the leading voice for a business model where mission and marketplace combine to deliver social impact.
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Acting as member support and development agency: supporting over 110 social firm members in Wales to create employment, training, and volunteering opportunities. Providing business support, grant and funding guidance, capacity-building tools, and governance advice tailored to inclusive social enterprises.
Why buy from a social enterprise with Social Firm values? Simply because you are buying quality goods and services from businesses passionate about: • Equality - including, valuing and supporting staff, volunteers and trainees • The environment – reducing waste, reusing, recycling • Community – contributing to the local economy and community life
We support individuals, organisations, and enterprises adopting Social Firm Values, offering tailored guidance in planning, governance, funding, business development, and connections to wider support to help launch, grow, and strengthen their ventures.
Social Firms Wales provides expert support across feasibility, planning, governance, procurement, public service transformation, and project management, helping organisations navigate complexity, strengthen operations, and develop successful, sustainable projects of all sizes.
This section has information and tips about different types of funding, help with meanings of words funders use, and how to make better funding applications.
“Cardiff Cycle Workshop (CCW) started off in a room in Ely probably the size of this room ( a meeting room) let alone the whole of the building. The overriding aim is to get more people cycling - the benefits of cycling to society are well documented, and if we can just try and increase that generally, locally in the city in terms of air quality and on a much wider scale in terms of climate change and CO2 emissions."
October
There is no one guidebook to living with chronic illness, and with content often focusing on what people can do “despite” their chronic illness, rather than “with” their chronic illness.
August
Holistic Hoarding CIC is a pioneering social enterprise based in Wales, dedicated to providing trauma-informed support to individuals experiencing hoarding behaviours.
June
Cynefin Pamoja CIC is an award-winning community organisation working to build a more inclusive Wales. Our name reflects our mission—Cynefin means “belonging” in Welsh, and Pamoja means “together” in Swahili.
5th December From Aspiration to Action: Women's Leadership Pathways in Wales... Extend employer National Insurance contributions veteran’s relief... IN TUNE is a series of FREE, virtual networking sessions for Disabled, Neurodivergent, Chronically Ill and Deaf workers in the music industry... Grants for Good is funded by the John Good Group and is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities...
20th November Craft Social Enterprises ‘Share & Sell’ at Craig-y-Nos country park... Cynefin Pamoja information update... You are invited to our first exhibition of paper art made in Swansea... Co-creating practical solutions for inclusive employment...