▁employ ing ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁people . ▁O thers , ▁like ▁the ▁Le ▁Mat ▁hotel ▁and ▁tour ism ▁social ▁franch ise ▁or ▁the ▁School ▁for ▁Social ▁Entre pr ene urs ▁operate ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁country . ▁Social ▁franch ising ▁provides ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁rapidly ▁grow ▁the ▁sector ▁to ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁dis adv ant aged ▁people ▁and ▁society ▁more ▁generally . ▁ ▁Support ▁Organ is ations ▁The ▁international ▁Centre ▁for ▁Social ▁Fran ch ising ▁( IC SF ) ▁was ▁founded ▁to ▁help ▁rep licate ▁proven ▁social ▁vent ures ▁to ▁scale . ▁They ▁have ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁useful ▁resources ▁and ▁have ▁published ▁papers ▁such ▁as ▁In vest ing ▁in ▁Social ▁Fran ch ising ▁which ▁looks ▁at ▁the ▁vi ability ▁of ▁invest ment ▁into ▁franch ised ▁social ▁enter prise ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁and ▁Social ▁Fran ch ising : ▁In nov ation ▁and ▁the ▁Power ▁of ▁Old ▁Ide as ▁ ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁comparison ▁between ▁Mc Donald ' s ▁and ▁the ▁social ▁franch ise ▁Food bank . ▁ ▁The ▁I CS F ▁has ▁recently ▁( 2 0 1 5 ) ▁developed ▁and ▁launched ▁a ▁social ▁franch ising ▁tool kit ▁with ▁NE ST A , ▁Bert els mann ▁Foundation , ▁London ▁School ▁of ▁Econom ics ▁and ▁others ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁best ▁social ▁ideas ▁develop ▁as ▁a ▁franch ise . ▁The ▁group ▁recently ▁carried ▁out ▁research ▁into ▁rep lic able ▁health ▁care ▁models ▁with ▁significant ▁social ▁benefit ▁with ▁Gla x o Smith K line ▁the ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁company , ▁published ▁in