Social investment is repayable finance that creates both social and financial returns. It is provided to charities, social enterprises and socially motivated businesses. It is money provided to enable an organisation to generate more income or be more effective: money to grow its business, put in place better systems, do more social good, and it repays the investment in the process. Organisations might need social investment for a variety of reasons as they grow. These include start-up finance, maintenance and asset purchase, and scale-up finance.

WVSC is looking at providing targeted group support to help small to medium sized groups in Wolverhampton to grow through social enterprise business models using social investment. To do this we would like to understand what the need might be, and what kind of support might be helpful. 

Could you please therefore complete this survey - it will help us to develop a business case for support. Please complete the survey by no later than 23rd February 2018.

Thank you!

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* 1. What is your name?

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* 2. What is your job role?

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* 3. What is the name of your organisation?

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* 4. What was your turnover in the last financial year?

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* 5. Has your income increased or decreased over the past two years?

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* 6. What is the legal structure of your organisation?

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* 7. What is your main area of work?

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* 8. What percentage of your current income is derived from grant funding?

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* 9. What percentage of your current income is derived from delivering contracts?

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* 10. What percentage of your current income is derived from trading (selling goods or services)?

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* 11. What is your level of knowledge about social investment?

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* 12. Would you consider taking out a social investment loan to grow your business (if there was a good business case)?

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* 13. Would you benefit from information and/or support on any of the following?

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* 14. If we were to deliver social investment support, how should we deliver it?

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