About SIED
SIED aims to support enterprises in communities who have experienced social exclusion
in the labour market by further developing the REFLEX model so it can be applied
London wide with potential as a national model.
ACBBA was created to ensure the long term sustainability and development of the
REFLEX model to complement existing mainstream enterprise support. An objective
of SIED is to promote and encourage
ACBBA as a sustainable membership organisation solely owned by community
organisations who are delivering business support.
SIED is a partnership project lead by the London Borough of Islington. Read more
about the partners.
The SIED Partnership is working together to:
- Build an association for community organisations engaged in business support; the
Association of Community Based Business Advice (ACBBA)
- Enhance the capacity of community groups to enable them to deliver high quality
enterprise and business support services
- Develop the business skills of existing and new business advisers employed by community
organisations through a programme of training, mentoring and professional accreditation
- Develop new methods and tools to ensure the sustainability of business support by
community organisations
- Develop appropriate multi-lingual business materials and accessible information
- Build networks amongst entrepreneurs from excluded communities so that they can
effectively engage with mainstream business support agencies
- Explore new ways for ACBBA member organisations and the businesses they support
to participate in regeneration activities
- Work with European partners to identify a range of good practice models in Europe
to support the development of enterprises in deprived communities.