National Profiles of Work Integration Social Enterprises: United Kingdom

Abstract

This paper is part of a larger research project entitled "L'entreprise sociale : lutte contre
 l'exclusion par l'insertion économique et sociale" (ELEXIES). This project is run jointly by
 the European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE), the European
 Confederation of Workers' Co-operatives, Social Co-operatives and Participative Enterprises
 (CECOP) and the EMES European Research Network.
 The ELEXIES project is financed by the European Commission (DG Employment and
 Social Affairs) in the framework of the "Preparatory Action to Combat and Prevent Social
 Exclusion".
 The part of the project in which this paper takes place is co-ordinated by Eric BIDET
 (Centre d'Economie Sociale, University of Liège, Belgium) and Roger SPEAR (Co-ops
 Research Unit, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK).