The Social Economy is all about benefiting local people. Bringing employment and wealth to local communities. Improving the social and economic well being of local communities and promoting social and economic justice through equality of opportunity.

The Social Economy includes
• Voluntary and community organisations,
• Co-operatives,
• Community businesses
• Foundations and associations,
• Credit unions,
• Housing associations,
• Charities

A Social Enterprise is a business, engaged in some form of trading or service provision in order to bring people and communities together for indigenous economic development and social benefit.

Enterprise Focused ~ Seeking to become self-sufficient, not grant dependent, by developing sustainable social economy activity to generate surpluses and reinvest these surpluses in the business or in the community.

Social Aims ~ explicit social aims such as job creation, training or provision of local services