West Sussex Social Enterprise Network promote and raise the profile of social enterprise amongst funders, statutory bodies and potential customers and seek to identify all social enterprises across West Sussex and their support needs. WSSEN and its activities are funded by West Sussex County Council.

• Support to access finances such as the Social Enterprise Fund.
• Training and workshops on relevant topics such as marketing and business planning.
• Information, case studies and factsheets
• Annual networking conference.
• Monthly e-bulletin.
• Visits to social enterprises.
• Support on social impact measurement issues including The SIM Handbook - the West Sussex guide to social impact measurement.
• Links with key stakeholders such as Coast to Capital (Local Enterprise Partnership)

WSSEN has developed a number of resources to support the development of social enterprise and to share knowledge about the social economy.

Information is available in the form of Case Studies, Fact Sheets and presentations from past events. Please click the links on the right for these pages.

You can also click the Useful Contacts & Links page for further sources of support.

Register to receive information about social enterprise news and events by sending your contact details to social.enterprise@westsussex.gov.uk, you can also register your details on our social enterprise directory.