The Community Enterprise Growth Plan
Unlocking new investment for community enterprises
What is the Community Enterprise Growth Plan
The Community Enterprise Growth Plan focuses on the untapped potential for growing enterprises with a social purpose in underserved places and communities.
It is a proposal to create jobs, boost growth and address inequalities by unlocking new investment for community enterprises.
The plan would use new Dormant Assets funding to invest in community enterprises – the community-based businesses, social enterprises and trading charities taking entrepreneurial approaches to tackling social problems.
The plan centres on providing increased access to capital, dedicated funding to encourage the growth of trading activity, and tailored business support.
Who supports the Community Enterprise Growth Plan
The plan has been developed and backed by a range of business organisations, voluntary sector and community representative bodies, enterprises and social investors.
Members of the steering group
Supporters of CEGP
Resources
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Our response to the Dormant Assets Consultation
Consultation response from the Community Enterprise Growth Plan
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Short briefing on the Community Enterprise Growth Plan
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Explained: Dormant Asset Scheme
A short guide from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) on Dormant Assets, looking at the details of the scheme, how it works and who has benefited so far.
CEGP in the news
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March 2023 - New Dormant Assets provide urgently needed investment to tackle social issues
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February 2023 - Andy Street visits New Leaf Initiative
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February 2023 - Jo Gideon MP - Directing dormant assets to social enterprise is an unparalleled opportunity to level up
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December 2022 - Stuart Andrew MP visits unique social enterprise reusing scrap for small business saturday
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December 2022 - City AM letters - A plan for levelling up
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August 2022 - FT Letter - Time to unlock investment in community enterprises
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July 2022 - Matt Leach and Seb Elsworth: Dormant assets distribution – two complementary approaches
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June 2022 - Use “precious” Dormant Assets to grow business in communities, says new coalition
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January 2022 - Nick Hurd: The Dormant Assets Bills gives us a modest money tree. Let’s use it wisely.
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Black Country social enterprise leader's advice for next PM on 'levelling up' agenda