• A Mark of assurance, of bright thinking and right thinking

Indendepently assured

Social Enterprise Mark Independent Panel

The Independent Panel exists to protect the consistency of the Social Enterprise Mark and ensure that it is a label customers can trust.

The Independent Panel has the final say on whether or not an application for the Social Enterprise Mark is approved.

All applications for the Mark are initially reviewed against the qualification criteria by the Social Enterprise Mark Impact and Assessment Manager. Any further queries will be followed up at this stage and the findings and recommendations will then be reported to the Independent Panel. The Independent Panel will review these and raise any additional queries of their own before reaching a decision.

Panel members

Lucy Yates Consumer Focus (formerly the National Consumer Council) Senior Policy Advocate
Victoria Zastava South West Regional Development Agency Enterprise Project Adviser
James Evans Foot Anstey solicitors Partner
John Bryant NHS Care Trust Head of Commissioning for Community Services
Fern Urquhart Knowledge West Director
Joe Scaife Bishop Fleming accountants Partner

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