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A £5m project will help social enterprises, community and voluntary groups on Merseyside to become more entrepreneurial.
The ‘third sector’ organisations will receive support, training and advice from the Merseyside Single Procurement Vision (MSPV), an initiative led by PLUS Housing Group in partnership with South Sefton Development Trust and Riverside Group.
The project is supported by investment from the partners and European Objective One funding.
MSPV will help organisations to move away from grant dependency towards income generation.
Support will include networking events to bring businesses and buyers together, bespoke training packages and one-to-one business development advice.
Businesses will be encouraged to join forces to bid for major contracts and a new Chamber of Social Entrepreneurship for Merseyside is planned.
Gerard Murden, Enterprise Director for PLUS Housing Group, said: “We are passionate about the potential for community-based businesses to develop, grow and contribute to the local economy. This is an innovative and exciting project that will help social enterprises to become more competitive and win major contracts.”
Cate Murphy, General Manager of South Sefton Development Trust, added: “MSPV is all about strengthening third sector enterprises and boosting their capacity to deliver income-generating goods and services. The result will be significant levels of new trading activity and the creation of many new jobs in an expanded, vibrant third sector on Merseyside.”
The project will be officially launched at the Plaza Cinema, Waterloo today (Friday).
Speakers include Richard Nutter, Director of the Merseyside Objective One Programme and Councillor Richard Kemp, Chair of PLUS Housing Group.
For more information about the Merseyside Single Procurement Vision (MSPV) please e-mail info@mspv.co.uk.
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