Leslie Huckfield Research

Leslie Huckfield Research provides services for:

Optimising Policy and Funding Opportunities

Policy Development for Social Enterprise, Third Sector and Not for Profit Organisations

Policy and Funding for a Triple Bottom Line

Third Sector and Not For Profit Policy Research

Strategic Analysis and Review

Social Impact Investment Forum (the Complete Irrelevance of)

Posted in: Mutuals, Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 13/06/2013

For starters, just think how many Social Enterprises, Voluntary and Community Organisations might be rescued or saved with the money spent on this irrelevant London Bubble Bankers’ Beano! In times of harsh austerity, Huckfield and many others reckon that the day long free binge for Social Investment Financial Intermediaries on Thursday 06 June was insulting…. Read more »

Hard Pressed Charities don’t need Social Enterprise Hooray Henries

Posted in: Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 04/06/2013

Eric Pickles’ Mechanism for Passing the Buck As Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities, Eric Pickles has been long enough in politics to know that his agreement last week with the Chancellor on further cuts to his Departmental Budget for 2015-2016 is the easiest part. Deciding how further cuts will fall on and… Read more »

No Standing Ovation for Big Society Capital’s First Annual Report

Posted in: Mutuals, Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 15/05/2013

Huckfield offers these comments on Big Society Capital’s First Annual Report , which finally appeared on Friday 10 May 2013. In a previous posting on this site, Big Society Capital’s £600mn – An Alternative Strategy for Supporting Social Enterprises , has already been suggested. Thirteen Years to Spend £5mn These are highlights from a chronology… Read more »

We will say this only once: “You will become a Mutual”

Posted in: Mutuals, Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 06/05/2013

Background and Outline Huckfield writes this as a strong supporter of Social Enterprise, Cooperatives and Third Sector Organisations, wherever these emerge through genuine democracy and where governing bodies and employees were all part of a democratic decision taking process. In its desperate haste to reduce the extent and size of the public sector before the… Read more »

Why Craig Dearden Phillips is wrong on Trade Unions and Social Enterprise

Posted in: Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 30/04/2013

Defending Public Services Craig’s site claims that he’s “one of the UK’s best known social entrepreneurs”. But his posting True Enemies – or Necessary Allies? Unions and Social Enterprise on Saturday 20 April 2013 shows that he doesn’t know much about trade unions. Much of his piece seems based on Care Plus in North East… Read more »