If you’re from a CIC (community interest company), we want to explain why – regrettably – we can’t support you with our everyday work. We will also signpost you to organisations with the knowledge and resources to meet your needs.
First of all – please know that we love CICs! They, and other social enterprises, do important work that benefits the community, generates income, creates and sustains jobs, and reinvests profits into further important work.
However, the CIC model is different to that of other community organisations. And that leads us to the first reason as to why we can’t always help CICs: