Development of Community Micro Enterprises

Community Micro-Enterprises (CMEs) are small, local businesses which offer services to support older people, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a disability or people that want to improve their mental health and wellbeing. CMEs offer an alternative approach to traditional commissioned services and give people more choice and control about the care and support they receive through both support at home and support getting out and about in the community. By providing a wide range of local small-scale and highly personalised support, CMEs can play an important role in supporting the local health and care system to delay or prevent the need for statutory interventions and…