Equality Sector Enterprise Development Research
Can more enterprise development grant funding and support help equality focused VCSE organisations become stronger, more sustainable and more independent? What kind of targeted enterprise development support do they need and are they getting it? What more can enterprise grant funders and other trusts and foundations, who want to support equality organisations, do?
Collaborative research to inform future funding and policy
EIIP is partnering with Equally Ours and Access - the Foundation for Social Investment on research and consultation to answer these questions. We will publish and share our findings with policy makers and funders and also use them to inform the development of a National Enterprise Development Strategy for the VCSE Equalities sector.
As a first step we are asking VCSE equalities organisations, both frontline and infrastructure, working nationally and in different regions/places and led by and for a range of different groups and communities including women and girls, LGBTQ + people, people with disabilities and black and minoritised ethnic groups, to complete a short - 5 min - survey.
The deadline for this survey is 30th April 2026.
