How to set up as a social enterprise with Traci Lewis

How to set up as a social enterprise with Traci LewisTraci is a social entrepreneur, trainer, facilitator and catalyst. She is co-founder and director of Catalyse Change CIC and also leads the Women in Sustainability Bristol hub. I'm lucky enough to know Traci through the School for Social Entrepreneurs, and I knew as soon as I met her that I wanted her to be a guest on this podcast to talk to us about getting started in social entrepreneurship.The highlightsI give an update on what's going to happen with this podcast over my maternity leave 00:22I introduce Traci and she tells us about who she is and who she helps 03:06Traci tells us about how her journey to becoming a social entrepreneur 06:17Traci talks about Catalyse Change 15:18We discuss funding a social enterprise 20:58Traci tells us where she got support when she was setting up 26:32Traci tells us the first few things we need to start thinking about to get set up as a social enterprise 27:52We discuss the legal side of running a social enterprise 33:49I ask Traci how somebody would know if social enterprise is the right route for them 39:07Traci tells us the first steps she would recommend 40:48Traci tells us where we can find her 44:03Traci’s Links:Websites: www.tracilewis.co.ukhttps://catalysechange.comLinkedIn: Traci LewisTwitter: @tracilewis79Other Links:The School for Social Entrepreneurs https://www.the-sse.orgHow to Successfully Set Up and Grow a Social Enterprise Heidi L Fisherhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Social-Enterprise-successfully-social-enterprise/dp/0995748616Start With Why Simon Sinekhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone-ebook/dp/B005JZD3B4/**********I just wanted to give you a little update on what's going to happen with this podcast over my maternity leave, because if you've been listening for a while then you'll know that from October 14th I'm going to be on maternity leave, probably coming back at some point in January, but no specified dates yet. But fear not! This podcast is one of my favourite things to do and I really value you guys, as listeners. I don't think I tell you enough. I'm often told by people in my life that I'm not very good at giving compliments and I think that has translated into my podcasting, and I don't tell you guys how much I appreciate you as much as other podcasters do, and I really do though. And as I said, I love recording this podcast, I love writing the content for the podcast, and I love doing interviews. So the podcast shall continue. We've already recorded, in fact, most of the episodes that are going to go out across my maternity leave. However, there will be some breaks. So in order to make sure we're giving you content consistently, we've planned to take a few breaks of just a week or two weeks here and there, where we're going to have a little pause in the content, just so that we can keep up with ourselves and make sure it keeps going through the whole maternity leave period. So...