Glenwood Enterprises Limited

Public benefits

The public benefits that flow from the promotion of urban regeneration are: (i) the creation of employment, training and work experience opportunities for residents living in economically and socially deprived areas and consequently a reduction in poverty, unemployment and hardship, leading to a better quality of life for the beneficiaries and

consequent improvements in health and well-being (ii) enhanced knowledge about setting up and running small businesses and social enterprises resulting in increased levels of self-employment and better prospects of sustainable development; (iii) increased levels of knowledge and transferable vocational skills among employees/work experience trainees, assisting in the creation of a more educated, skilled and qualified community; (iii) a greater sense among the beneficiaries of more fulfilled and purposeful lives, resulting in a safer, more stable and cohesive community; (iv) encouraging active, positive citizenship and involvement in community life. These benefits can be evidenced in records kept by various agencies of the number of jobs and work experience opportunities created and the numbers of those who have successfully completed training courses. Evidence can also be found in independent evaluations of the activities of enterprise agencies carried out by funding bodies and in community surveys of living standards and attitudes. Some private benefit is obtained by the owners of small businesses who rent units on favourable terms, but this is ancillary to the main purpose and is greatly outweighed by the gains in public benefit. No harm arises from any of these purposes.

What your organisation does

Glenwood Enterprises offers a range of business units on favourable terms. A conference room, training room and IT suite are also available for hire to both businesses and community and voluntary organisations.