Flintshire County Council has used a Welsh Government Foundational Economy Challenge Fund grant to pilot a new model of micro-provision of care services. 14 micro-carers have been created helping to grow the county’s care sector provide well-paid, sustainable jobs.
ELITE Paper Solutions has used a Welsh Government Foundational Economy Challenge Fund grant not only to grow its commercial success but to demonstrate the benefits of its social aims and fully inclusive workplace.
Practice Solutions received a Foundational Economy Challenge Fund to explore how local businesses could be better linked with both the community and the public sector with benefits not only to the local economy but to wider well-being.
Digital innovation platform, Simply Do Ideas, received support from the Foundational Economy Challenge Fund in January 2020. The funding was used to address key barriers that public sector organisations face when innovating and which can often prevent them from accessing the best ideas to solve strategic organisational challenges. Here is the result…
Vale of Glamorgan Council received a £55,000 grant from the Welsh Government in March 2020 to make public sector procurement processes more accessible to small and medium foundational economy enterprises in the area. It addressed some of the key barriers which prevent them from applying for contracts and has discovered ways in which they can be overcame.
After receiving £97,0000 from Welsh Government’s Foundational Economy Challenge Fund in March 2020, Community Care Collaborative (CCC) has been trialing an alternative model of health and social care within Wrexham. The innovative way of working still supports patients’ medical requirements but introduces new systems that prioritises their social and emotional needs.
