Event E3M Imagine 2026: Social Economy Models for the Future of Public Services Author: E3M Date: 06.03.26 Tags:Commissioning, partnership, procurement, public services, social enterprise, Social investment, social value No comments Event date: 06.05.2026 | 9.00-16.30 Event location: People’s History Museum, Manchester In the context of some public services not meeting people’s needs, poor outcomes for those most in need of support, and ever-increasing financial pressures, E3M Imagine explores how successful social enterprise and co-operative models can be scaled.
Publication Scaling social enterprise innovation in public services: new report Author: Jamie Veitch Date: 13.01.26 Tags:Commissioning, procurement, public services, Social investment, social value No comments What works and what is needed to create more effective, responsive, and sustainable people-focused public services? E3M’s new publication demonstrates the innovation and impact which social enterprises bring to people-focused public services, and the changes needed to how public authorities commission services, public procurement rules are interpreted, investment is structured and the wider role of […]
Social enterprise innovation in public services 2025-26 Author: E3M Date: 29.12.25 Tags:Commissioning, procurement, public services, social enterprise, Social investment No comments As we reach the end of another productive year of E3M supporting social enterprise innovation in public services, it’s worth reflecting on what we have achieved and what we will be taking forward into 2026. We ran quarterly meetings for our three networks of social enterprise leaders, bold commissioners and funders, covering a wide range […]
Publication Creating more effective, responsive and sustainable public services: Imagine 2025 Author: Jamie Veitch Date: 18.07.25 Tags:Commissioning, partnership, procurement, public services, social enterprise, Social investment, social value No comments It is a pivotal moment for public services, which face increasing demand and record pressures. Resources are stretched, ‘dysfunctional’ markets have failed many people-centred services, and extractive practices are minimising resources and creating bigger problems for vulnerable people and service providers. We need to reimagine public service delivery. E3M Imagine took place on 7 May 2025 […]
Event E3M Imagine 2025: Social Economy Models for the Future of Public Services Author: E3M Date: 10.03.25 Tags:Commissioning, public services, social enterprise, Social investment, social value No comments Event date: 07.05.2025 | 9.00-16.30 Event location: People’s History Museum, Manchester Building on the success of E3M Imagine 2024, this one-day, interactive event brought together the experience of innovative social enterprise leaders, bold commissioners responsible for public services, and funders and social investors to focus on real issues and discuss how to improve outcomes and meet challenges in the future.
Event The 2023 Procurement Act: unlocking the art of the possible Author: E3M Date: 26.02.25 Tags:procurement, social enterprise, Social investment, social value, Webinar No comments Event date: 27.03.2025 | 14.00-15.00 Public purpose: distinguishing market purchasing from system stewardship In this interview with E3M’s Jonathan Bland, Sandra Hamilton, from the Manchester University Institute of Innovation Research, and Julian Blake, public benefit lawyer, will address procurement myths, highlighting the many flexibilities permitted under UK law.
Event E3M Imagine: Social Economy Models for the Future of Public Services Author: E3M Date: 26.03.24 Tags:Commissioning, public services, social enterprise, Social investment, social value No comments Event date: 16.07.2024 | 9.00-16.30 Event location: People’s History Museum, Manchester This one-day, interactive event looked at how to grow social enterprise and co-operative models for public services, to improve outcomes and meet challenges for the future. In the context of some public services not meeting people’s needs, poor outcomes for some of those most in need of support, and ever-increasing financial pressures, the event explored […]
Event Webinar: How can social investment support commissioners to improve local services? Author: E3M Date: 14.03.23 Tags:partnership, public services, social enterprise, Social investment No comments Event date: 24.04.2023 | 15.00-16.30 This free webinar was aimed at commissioners from local public authorities, as well as leaders of social enterprises and other public benefit organisations, to explore new and more impactful ways of organising public services. The event explored how social investment can support local public authorities’ work with social enterprises to improve services. Drawing on case […]
E3M’s 2022 Author: E3M Date: 12.12.22 Tags:Commissioning, innovation partnerships, partnership, procurement, social enterprise, Social investment, social value No comments After two years of exclusively online activity, 2022 was the year to resume a more normal programme of events for members of our Social Enterprise Leaders’ and Bold Commissioners’ Clubs, as well as our wider community. Covid’s shadow still loomed large at the start of the year and our first two events were conducted via […]
E3M ten years on Author: E3M Date: 24.05.22 Tags:collaboration, Network, social enterprise, Social investment No comments by Fay Selvan, CEO, The Big Life Group 2012 was a big year. The world was still feeling reverberations from the 2008 banking crisis, with protests against punishing fiscal policies in southern Europe. Tens of thousands marched in New York in May, in support of Occupy Wall Street’s campaign against wealth inequality. The Arab Spring […]