One the final reports to come out of the work of the ICT Hub is now published. “ICT Support for the Third Sector: Is Social Enterprise the Solution?” was commissioned by the ICT Hub to answer the following questions: Should the sector try and deliver ICT support services from within, or should it rely on services from the private sector? If yes, what sort of services should be provided for the sector? How have current social enterprises emerged? What problems have they encountered in their birth and growth? How can these be avoided? Are they robust enough and, if not, how can this be improved? It will be of value to: Anyone thinking of setting up a social enterprise to deliver ICT services to the third sector; Anyone running a social enterprise that delivers ICT services to the third sector; Policy-makers and funders who want to understand how they can support the development of social enterprise models to deliver ICT services to the third sector; Anyone interested in helping to meet the ICT support needs of the third sector. It is the work of 4 of the regional ICT champions who also run social enterprises.

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26 September 2008
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