A social firm

Netherne Printing Services is a Social Firm, which is one type of social enterprise. While social enterprise is defined as “any business that trades for a social purpose”, a Social Firm trades specifically to create jobs for disabled people (including those recovering from mental health problems).  

We provide the same level of quality and service as any other business because the achievement of our social mission depends nearly entirely on the economic and trading health of the business. 

As a Social Firm, at least 25% of our employees have to be disabled.

In addition, we provide work for volunteers who have learning difficulties or mental health problems. The benefits of this are that:

• they learn new skills
• they are given a chance to get used to a disciplined work environment (for some this is a vital step before they start looking for full-time work -  and where possible, we encourage our volunteers to progress onto full-time work)
• they become part of a community which is concerned for their welfare and which supports them.

There are about 20 volunteers registered with us at the moment and about a dozen will be working on any one day.

We are part of the Social Firms UK network, which links and supports Social Firms across the UK