SMEC’s objectives are as follows:

Relationship building:  Faith and community based organisations – FBCOs connecting with workforce system

FBCOs co-located with the One Stop Career Services system (Civil Society Recruitment Agency)

Joint file management between FBCOs and the Civil Society Recruitment Agency

Formal referral arrangement

Creating Intermediate Relationships

Prime contracting commissioning opportunities for Intermediate Organisations 

FSCOs as community leaders 

Operate with a network of workforce and healthcare providers 

Create business partnerships 

Building trust within business community 

FSCOs building their capacity (including access to funding) 

Results management 

SUSTAINABILITY

Funding streams

Consistent with our mandate to capacity build SMEs in a climate of unprecedented budget cuts, SMECs Civil Society Investment Fund will evidence better returns in investing in this Trustee controlled fund than ISAs.

 MEMBERS of SMEC

	Joseph Media is a web design and IT solutions company with a proven track record of using technology to deliver results in web design & development, IT and training.
	CentrePoint exists to push social and economic prosperity for the disadvantaged in particular people with disabilities.  In so doing we work in partnership with public and private sector businesses to provide community based services that promote inclusion, diversity and community cohesion.
	All Inclusive is a not for profit social enterprise organisation providing support and training to those on low income and those who live in socially deprived areas of Croydon; who are often unable to obtain costly advice from the private sector.
	Fluid4Media deliver a range of multimedia services for today's growing businesses including but not limited to Marketing, Online-Broadcasting Multimedia and Film. Where communication is vital Fluid4Media deliver.