The Enhance programme was created to support social enterprise network development across Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset. It’s purpose was to create strong social enterprise networks help develop a healthy ecosystem for social enterprise growth and development through collaboration, events and better communication across the southwest.
The Enhance Social Enterprise Network Devon & Somerset programme was a partnership of:
- Devon Communities Together (DCT), covering the rural Devon area
- ESSENCE of Exeter CIC, covering Exeter
- Plymouth Social Enterprise Network (PSEN), covering Plymouth
- Local Spark: Torbay Community Supported Enterprise, covering Torbay
- Smart Communities Ltd (of Community Council of Somerset), covering Somerset, with the Enhance Social Enterprise Network, Somerset
The Heart of the South West Enhance Social Enterprise Programme recieved funding from the England European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020.