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Older people and rural social enterprise
— their role as providers and beneficiaries of service provision in rural England | | Author(s) | Richard Moreton, Elodie Malhomme, Laurie Smith |
| Corporate Author | Plunkett Foundation; PRIME Initiative; Countryside Agency; Age Concern England - ACE |
| Publisher | Plunkett Foundation, Woodstock, Oxon, [2005] |
| Pages | 72 pp (Rural lifelines) |
| Source | Plunkett Foundation, The Quadrangle, Woodstock, Oxon OX20 1LH. Email: info@plukett.co.uk Website: www.plunket.co.uk |
| Keywords | Development projects ; Voluntary agencies ; Services ; Rural areas ; Participation ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | A social enterprise is defined as a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or the community rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholder and owners. This publication summarises research carried out by the Plunkett Foundation, PRIME, Age Concern and the Countryside Agency between December 2003 and June 2004. The research sought to test the hypothesis that older people are major beneficiaries of social enterprises in rural areas, in view if the services they receive from them, but are also significant participants in the management and operation of these same enterprises. Field research was carried out with a broadly representative sample of 12 rural social enterprises variously located in the north-east, the south-west and the Midlands. This report outlines the aims and objectives of the research; looks at the characteristics of rural social enterprises and of the research sample; older people as beneficiaries and participants of rural social enterprise; and the consequences of the conclusions and recommendations for rural policy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050721009 B |
| Classmark | IGD: PK: I: RL: TMB: 3F |
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