Resources - Downloads and Links

CASA has developed a number of links and resources that might be useful to others working in the health and social sector.

Links

The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. It regulates health and adult social care services, whether provided by the NHS, local authorities, private companies or voluntary organisations.

The Social Enterprise Coalition represents a wide range of social enterprises, regional and national support networks and other related organisations. It shares CASA's core value that social enterprise is the right way to do business

The Employee Ownership Association is the voice of co-owned business in the UK. It is the business association for companies who are substantially or wholly owned by the people who work for them. Its members include the John Lewis Partnership, Arup, Unipart, Mott MacDonald, Blackwell, Martin Currie, eaga and Baxi Partnership. CASA is in good company.

Rapid Enterprise Development (RED), is a new organisation set up to assist disabled people and those that support them explore self employment and small business opportunities. Our key purpose is to make setting up an enterprise as easy as possible. RED works with CASA to develop self-directed support packages, which include micro-enterprise

Economic Partnerships is one of the foremost social enterprise research and development consultancies in the UK and is itself a social enterprise..

ESFN –European Social Franchising Network promotes and develop the concept of social franchising on a European level and share business ideas. Social franchising as a concept has been developed separately in a number of European countries. Examples include the Le Mat hotel chain originating in Italy, Villa Vägen ut! halfway-houses for exoffenders in Sweden, Care and Share Associates domiciliary care businesses in the UK and CAP Market super-market Chain in Germany. Some of these businesses are quite large, CAP Market has over 40 stores and others, such as Le Mat, are operating in more than one European country.

Downloads

The CASA Prospectus sets out the detail of the CASA Social Franchise Offer

Casa Application Form