The Office of the Third Sector has asked five leading thinkers to set out their ideas on the future of social enterprise. The outline proposals for the research papers are now available, and we would like to hear from you if you have an opinion on the proposed work.
The ‘think pieces’, which focus on policy, were commissioned following the launch of the social enterprise action plan in November 2006. The aim is to inform both policy-making and the wider debate about social enterprise.
The papers will deal with the following questions:
The papers will be written by Charles Leadbeater, Alex Nicholls, Jeremy Nicholls, Andrea Westall, and Mike Aiken.
The authors have written outline proposals for the papers:
The papers will be published in the autumn, but in the meantime we would like to hear your views on the proposed work:
We will be reviewing the comments up to Friday 14 September as part of the process of finalising the papers.