Market Development

This strand of the programme will facilitate links between third sector and commercial companies to integrate social enterprises and voluntary led organisations into broader supply chains. We will provide support and training to third sector organisations to equip them to identify, tender, negotiate and win commercial or public contracts. By developing markets for third sector services in the commercial and public sectors, this work will provide organisations with the chance to transform the scale and sustainability of their activities.

The tradition of innovation in the third sector combined with the financial backing of the commercial waste management sector or the institutional stability of the public sector can offer tremendous potential to improve recycling programmes and minimise waste. An important part of the market development activity will be the accumulation of a body of market knowledge and plans to inform replication of successful models.