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Raise Finance, BCCM
This guide offers essential insights into how social enterprises can expand funding beyond grants and donations by involving their community and members. This guide focusses on how you can achieve this by using a co-operative structure for your social enterprise.
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Social enterprises interested in raising social and community investment can consider the co-operative model with this practical handbook, featuring essential guidance and inspiring case studies. It covers the key legal and technical aspects of capital raising for founders and communities, including:
- A range of financing options, from debt-financing (interest-based loans to your enterprise) to equity-like investments (don’t worry it’s all in the handbook)
- How co-operative shares, debentures, and co-operative capital units work.
This handbook is a valuable resource for social enterprises seeking sustainable growth, helping communities and members ethically invest in their purpose to drive lasting impact. This manual is masterfully put together in plain-English by Robyn Donnelly for the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals.
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