SFEDI is the UK's leading cross sector body for enterprise education. We work with both those involved in starting or running a small business and those providing support to small businesses. As a SFEDI Centre of Excellence you'll be recognised and approved by SFEDI to deliver a range of enterprise awards and qualifications as well as demonstrating to your clients that you are committed to enterprise in the UK.

Becoming a SFEDI Centre of Excellence:

• helps you really make a difference to your clients;
• recognises leading practice in business support and enterprise development ; and
• is based on development and continuous improvement.

Benefits to the Centre of Excellence

Benefits to the provider include:

• being seen as leading edge, premier league” providers;
• promotion and recognition by SFEDI and its partners;
• promotional information that you can use to attract more clients;
• having a mechanism to develop your ability to help their clients;
• being able to demonstrate and publicise your achievement;
• being able to benchmark your centre against national criteria;
• knowing you are part of a quality assured system;
• being able to reexamine and improve how you do things;
• a tool for continuous improvement;
• credibility of linking to external standards;
• plan for development of services;
• staff can see what the organisation is trying to achieve;
• staff can see how they contribute to the organisation; and
• having a process to expand your endorsed provision.

For further information on becoming a SFEDI Centre of Excellence please browse the section links at the left of the screen.