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UnLtd Findings
Social Entrepreneurs: The Facts
This Findings Paper provides a unique insight
into start-up entrepreneurs supported by UnLtd,
detailing who they are, their work and the social
impact they have. It demonstrates how an
investment in the individual and their practical
solutions to the problems they face generates
a ripple effect with the potential to create
significant and lasting social change.




March 2010
Introduction
Social entrepreneurship is an area of rapid and sustained growth. There are an increasing number of advocates for social enterprise, with the
launch of the Social Enterprise Mark and growing recognition of organisations such as The Big Issue, Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen, and the
fair-trade chocolate company, Divine Chocolate, to name only a few. However, comparatively little attention has been given to the 238,000
people found by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to be starting a social venture in the UK (Harding and Harding 2008). Moreover, social
entrepreneurship has been offered as a solution to many of the social and environmental problems faced in the UK’s post-recession
economic climate, placing high hopes on individual social entrepreneurs. As such, it is important to understand more about what social
entrepreneurship can do, socially, environmentally and politically.


UnLtd’s mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of those individuals who can transform the world in which they live; supporting
individuals who have passion, ideas and a can-do attitude to set up and run a social venture. Whether the problem they tackle is local or societal,
UnLtd sees this potential for social change in ordinary people with practical solutions. UnLtd has direct contact with start up social entrepreneurs
through the support and funding provided, creating a unique perspective into the facts about social entrepreneurship.



 The Research

UnLtd Research aims to be a primary source of evidence and thinking               Exit questionnaires for 2,048 Award Winners, providing
around social entrepreneurship. Its central purpose is to research the            information about personal and project outcomes after
impact that UnLtd Awards have on social entrepreneurs, referred to in             a one-year period of running an UnLtd awarded project.
this paper as Award Winners. We also seek to understand the impact
that these individuals have on the worlds in which they live. UnLtd               A follow-up survey of all Award Winners, generating a sample of
Research ensures that this learning informs operational practices and             437 people, providing a long-term view of personal and project
enhances impact wherever possible. This Findings Paper provides an                outcomes generated through an UnLtd Award.
insight into the value and potential of social entrepreneurship in the
UK. It concentrates on those Award Winners who receive funding from               A spatial analysis of UnLtd’s Award making 2002-2005,
the perpetual endowment given to UnLtd by the Millennium Awards                   mapped against Indices of Multiple Deprivation.
Trust (rather than Award Winners supported through externally funded
programmes), which provides around 650 people every year with
funding, tailored one-to-one support and networking opportunities.                This research also cites the following references:
Drawing upon this population, UnLtd Research has collated the
following data sets to detail the demographics of social entrepreneurs,
their work, their impact and their learning.                                      Harding, R. and Harding, D. (2008) Social Entrepreneurship in the
                                                                                  UK. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.
     Applicant monitoring data for 3,166 Award Winners who have
     completed their projects, providing socio-demographic data                   Social Enterprise Coalition (2009) State of Social Enterprise
     and an overview of the projects they create.                                 Survey. (SEC, 2009).




2                                                                                                                        www.UnLtd.org.uk
Who are social entrepreneurs?
UnLtd’s Award Winners come from a diverse range of backgrounds.                 Despite being highly educated, over a third of UnLtd Award
Their socio-demographic make-up mirrors those of social                         Winners in England and Wales come from the 20% most deprived
entrepreneurs found by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor                      areas when mapped against the Indices of Multiple Deprivation.
(GEM, Harding and Harding 2008). However, there are some                        The same finding is also reflected regionally. At the opposite end
noteworthy patterns:                                                            of the scale, the lowest proportions of Award Winners are from
                                                                                the 20% least deprived areas. As such, further research would be
                                                                                valuable to learn more about the relationship between education,
     Whilst there is a fairly equal gender representation amongst social        deprivation and social entrepreneurship.
     entrepreneurs in the UK, UnLtd has supported slightly more male
     (54%) than female (46%) Award Winners. However, this is more          These findings highlight that there is no ‘typical’ social entrepreneur.
     balanced in comparison to mainstream entrepreneurship, where          Instead, their wide ranging socio-demographic backgrounds points to
     men are twice as likely to become entrepreneurs in comparison to      the need to learn more about how this relates to their motivations and
     women (GEM, 2008). Our retrospective survey of Award Winners          the social problems they address.
     also found an approximately equal gender division amongst those
     who reported that they were still running their social venture.



                                                                           Case study
     The majority of UnLtd Award Winners are aged between 30
     and 45. However, with UnLtd’s increasing range of externally
     funded programmes aimed at encouraging social
     entrepreneurship amongst specific age groups, this pattern
     could be changing towards a more equal distribution, with the         Ben Donnelly set up Elixir Environments in Merseyside to provide a free
     youngest Award Winners aged 11 and the oldest being over 75.          gardening service for vulnerable people and community groups.
                                                                           This allows him to provide training and employment to those
     At 40%, minority ethnic groups are strongly represented amongst       disadvantaged in the labour market because of homelessness,
     our Award Winners. This is similar to GEM which found those           long-term unemployment, offending or substance abuse. Ben was
     from minority ethnic groups were two-and-a-half times more likely     given £1,500 by UnLtd in 2009 for the equipment needed to set up and
     to start a social venture than those from white ethnic groups.        run this project. Having overcome similar problems several years ago
                                                                           and gained extensive experience working in the community since, Ben
    UnLtd Award Winners come from a range of educational                   recognises the importance of practical work experience, which allows
    backgrounds, although there is a greater representation                individuals whose lives have been affected by bad choices to develop
    of those with a professional qualification (15%) or a degree           their confidence and skills. His vision is to provide accredited training to
    or postgraduate qualification (38%).                                   80 individuals and to support 30 people to gain employment. He is well
                                                                           on his way to achieving this goal and has successfully gained contracts
                                                                           and secured further funding to expand this project.




UnLtd Findings - March 2010                                                                                                                         3
What are social
entrepreneurs doing?
Social entrepreneurs are often defined according to their activity,         60                        Figure 1: Who benefits?
approach and focus of the venture they run. The Global                                             Percentage of respondents
Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) begins its definition by explaining                            who benefit each particular group
‘social entrepreneurship is any attempt at new social enterprise activity   50
or new enterprise creation’. UnLtd adopts a more open approach,
funding individuals who have the potential to make a positive change        40
in the world through their passion, ideas and a can-do attitude.
This change can be local or societal, their solution can be anything
from a one-off event to a nationwide social enterprise and they can         30
address any area of social or environmental benefit. However, over the
past 8 years some patterns in their approaches and the sectors they
are targeting can be seen. A few of our questions in our follow-up          20
survey were designed to be directly comparable with the Social
Enterprise Coalition (SEC, 2009) State of Social Enterprise Survey:
                                                                            10


     In our follow-up survey of 437 Award Winners, the question was          0
     asked ‘Thinking about your UnLtd awarded project/venture, what
     or who are your main beneficiaries or users?’ In response, 46%
                                                                                      People of a particular religion
                                                                                          Prisoners or ex-offenders
                                                                                             People with disabilities




                                                                                        Asylum seekers or refugees
                                                                             People with physical and mental illness
                                                                                                            Women
                                                                                    Organised groups, charities etc




                                                                             People with drug or alcohol addictions
                                                                                            Help the general public
                                                                                    People with learning difficulties




                                                                                          People in other countries
                                                                                            People on low incomes




                                                                                                     Elderly people
                                                                                   People from BAME communities
                                                                                               Unemployed people




                                                                                                  Homeless people
                                                                                                      Local people




                                                                                                  LGBT community
                                                                                                               Other
                                                                                           Young people (under 18)




     benefited the local community and 38% benefited a particular
     group of people. This finding reflects the SEC (2009) survey where
     these two categories were again the most popular (59% and 36%
     respectively), with employees, other organisations and the
     environment targeted to a lesser extent.


     When asked the more specific question ‘What, if any, particular
     groups of people in your community do you benefit?’, the majority
     of Award Winners benefited local people, young people under
     18, people on low incomes, unemployed people and people with
     disabilities, as shown in Figure 1. Again, the groups targeted by
     UnLtd social entrepreneurs directly mirror those found more
     generally in social enterprise by the SEC (2009). It is also
     noteworthy that social entrepreneurs were targeting an average
     of 5 groups of people in their communities.




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What impact do they have?
UnLtd primarily funds start-up social entrepreneurs, providing mass support for people creating micro scale projects. Some of these are designed
to run for a short time to successfully address an issue. Others continue after their UnLtd Award and become viable businesses, often operating as
social enterprises. In other words, social entrepreneurs often start small scale, whether they are addressing a problem in their community, an issue
that they have personally experienced or a more general social concern. However, start-up social entrepreneurs still create significant social and
economic impacts.




Social outcomes                                                            Social innovation

The range of target beneficiaries for UnLtd awarded projects also          The social entrepreneurs supported by UnLtd are integral to creating
creates a range of social outcomes. Of those:                              social innovation. They provide new solutions to social problems.
                                                                           Two examples of this include Patient Opinion, dubbed the
                                                                           ‘Trip Advisor of Healthcare’, where patients can share experiences
     The variability of social impact is staggering, from providing        about NHS facilities. Or Baharat Najib, who uses traditional Pakistani
     educational books, increasing fitness and solving health issues,      mediation approaches to tackle communal conflict and honour crime
     to inventing new approaches to environmental problems.                in the Midlands. These innovative ideas once tested have the potential
                                                                           to be replicated into projects which are successful at creating social
     From estimations by Award Winners at the end of their projects,       change on a larger scale.
     over half a million people have participated or benefited from the
     products and services provided. We believe this is a significant           At the end of an UnLtd Award, 36% of projects were either already
     underestimation of the total picture.                                      being replicated or had plans to be replicated soon
                                                                                (737 of 2048 projects).


     59% of UnLtd awarded projects will be providing a service related
     to many areas, including health, education or sport and recreation.


     32% of our Award Winners’ work will involve campaigning
     and organising events.


     On completion of their projects, 40% of Award Winners had
     produced a broadcast, publication, or another product.




UnLtd Findings - March 2010                                                                                                                      5
Economic outcomes

Social entrepreneurs generate significant economic outcomes,                                                         Figure 2 : Percentage of previous UnLtd Award
a situation which has not changed in the current economic climate.                                                              Winners generating turnover through
This is demonstrated by the 437 previous UnLtd Award Winners who                                                                               their awarded project
                                                                                                50
responded to a follow-up survey:
                                                                                                40




                                                                                   percentage
     UnLtd Award Winners created an average of 4 jobs each.                                     30

                                                                                                20
     UnLtd Award Winners created an average of 14 training
     opportunities each.                                                                        10

     50% of those who continued their UnLtd awarded projects                                    0




                                                                                                                                                                  £100,001 to £250,000
                                                                                                                       £10,001 to £50,000




                                                                                                                                                                                           £250,001 to £1 million
                                                                                                                                            £50,001 to £100,000




                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Over £1 million
                                                                                                     £0 to £10,000
     increased their turnover in the last year. This again mirrors the
     SEC (2009) survey, highlighting their value in the current
     economic climate.


     Whilst the majority of social entrepreneurs funded by UnLtd start
     small-scale projects, a small proportion expand and generate
     significant turnover, as demonstrated in Figure 2.


                                                                         Case study
Social capital
                                                                         Jamie Fielden set up Jamie’s Farm to provide a unique residential
                                                                         experience for vulnerable young people, helping to reduce truancy and
Social capital facilitates individual or collective action and is        behaviour difficulties amongst those at risk of exclusion from school.
generated by networks of relationships, reciprocity and trust. It is     As a teacher in a tough London school and having grown up on a
integral for democracy and community cohesion, creating bonding          farm, Jamie had this idea after bringing some lambs into school. He
between social groups, as well as bridging any divisions between them.   noticed how the behaviour of those pupils who were hardest to engage
In relation to this, we have found that:                                 changed as they nurtured and took responsibility for looking after
                                                                         the lambs. Jamie’s Farm takes this learning forward, providing young
     53% of all awarded projects enhance social capital by forming       people with real tasks in an agricultural setting, alongside intensive
     new networks, providing education, increasing familiarity and       one-to-one and group therapy. UnLtd gave Jamie £15,000, along with
     generating interest from local businesses and local authorities.    intensive support around financial modelling. This has enabled Jamie
                                                                         to extend his project, helping him to find new premises and gain further
     On average, social entrepreneurs create 15 volunteer positions      funding so that he can reach more young people. He hopes to develop
     when they continue their projects (of those 437 who responded       this model in other locations to become the country’s leading
     to UnLtd’s follow-up survey).                                       intervention for vulnerable young people at risk from exclusion.




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The ripple effect

                                                                                Conclusions
UnLtd aims first and foremost to invest in social entrepreneurs who are
at a very early stage in their work, with the belief that this initial act of
trust and support enables them to develop skills through running their
project. UnLtd Research has found that this creates a ‘ripple effect’,
empowering people with the skills and confidence they need to set up
and run a social venture, both now and in the future.
                                                                                Social entrepreneurs are often ordinary people who understand
     70% of UnLtd Award Winners reported that they had gained                   practical solutions to social problems and as such, are extraordinary
     confidence and 62% gained leadership skills after running their            in the work that they do. Supporting individual social entrepreneurs
     awarded project.                                                           to set up and run a social venture has an amplified ripple effect, both
                                                                                on them, the communities in which they work and the social problems
     Of the 437 Award Winners who completed the follow-up survey,               they address. Social entrepreneurs generate new ideas to solve social
     75% were continuing with their awarded project and a further 9%            problems or connect existing solutions with communities that need
     chose to set up another social venture.                                    them. They create jobs, training, and volunteering opportunities.
                                                                                They create new and viable business models with real financial impact
     Without UnLtd support, 57% of Award Winners would have                     on the UK economy. They create publications, products, and services.
     struggled to run their project and a further 22% feel that they            They create safer schools, better neighbourhoods, and stronger
     would not have been able to run it at all.                                 communities.


     89% of UnLtd Award Winners feel able to create social change.              Overall, social entrepreneurship has the potential to help the pressing
     Of these, almost all (97%) feel that this is a direct result of running    social and environmental problems the UK faces today. Although there
     their UnLtd awarded project.                                               is much to learn, this Findings Paper has provided an initial insight into
                                                                                this sector and the individuals who take it forward, demonstrating how
     92% of Award Winners feel that they are able to run a social               small scale investment has the potential to create significant and
     venture. Of these, almost all (98%) feel that this is a direct result      lasting social change. UnLtd Research is dedicated to learning more
     of running their UnLtd Awarded project.                                    about the everyday realities in which social entrepreneurship is
                                                                                embedded. We are committed to sharing these findings to inform
Even allowing for some positive sample bias here, the results indicate          public policy, academic thinking, practitioner knowledge and the
substantial benefit. The evidence throughout this paper highlights              growth of the sector. Future UnLtd Research Findings Papers
that social entrepreneurs learn through action. Moreover, running a             will explore social entrepreneurs’ motivations, young social
social venture has a ‘ripple effect’ in the impacts it creates, which           entrepreneurship and the role of social entrepreneurs in facilitating
varies in both type (social, economic, environmental) and scale (from           community cohesion.
the individual, to their beneficiaries, to wider society). As such, the
impact generated by UnLtd is sustainable. This is not solely defined by
financial success, or whether a social enterprise is created. Instead, it
begins with the individual and their capacity to set up and run a social
venture to benefit society.




UnLtd Findings - March 2010                                                                                                                             7
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Unltd report_social_entrepreneurs_the_facts

  • 1. UnLtd Findings Social Entrepreneurs: The Facts This Findings Paper provides a unique insight into start-up entrepreneurs supported by UnLtd, detailing who they are, their work and the social impact they have. It demonstrates how an investment in the individual and their practical solutions to the problems they face generates a ripple effect with the potential to create significant and lasting social change. March 2010
  • 2. Introduction Social entrepreneurship is an area of rapid and sustained growth. There are an increasing number of advocates for social enterprise, with the launch of the Social Enterprise Mark and growing recognition of organisations such as The Big Issue, Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen, and the fair-trade chocolate company, Divine Chocolate, to name only a few. However, comparatively little attention has been given to the 238,000 people found by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to be starting a social venture in the UK (Harding and Harding 2008). Moreover, social entrepreneurship has been offered as a solution to many of the social and environmental problems faced in the UK’s post-recession economic climate, placing high hopes on individual social entrepreneurs. As such, it is important to understand more about what social entrepreneurship can do, socially, environmentally and politically. UnLtd’s mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of those individuals who can transform the world in which they live; supporting individuals who have passion, ideas and a can-do attitude to set up and run a social venture. Whether the problem they tackle is local or societal, UnLtd sees this potential for social change in ordinary people with practical solutions. UnLtd has direct contact with start up social entrepreneurs through the support and funding provided, creating a unique perspective into the facts about social entrepreneurship. The Research UnLtd Research aims to be a primary source of evidence and thinking Exit questionnaires for 2,048 Award Winners, providing around social entrepreneurship. Its central purpose is to research the information about personal and project outcomes after impact that UnLtd Awards have on social entrepreneurs, referred to in a one-year period of running an UnLtd awarded project. this paper as Award Winners. We also seek to understand the impact that these individuals have on the worlds in which they live. UnLtd A follow-up survey of all Award Winners, generating a sample of Research ensures that this learning informs operational practices and 437 people, providing a long-term view of personal and project enhances impact wherever possible. This Findings Paper provides an outcomes generated through an UnLtd Award. insight into the value and potential of social entrepreneurship in the UK. It concentrates on those Award Winners who receive funding from A spatial analysis of UnLtd’s Award making 2002-2005, the perpetual endowment given to UnLtd by the Millennium Awards mapped against Indices of Multiple Deprivation. Trust (rather than Award Winners supported through externally funded programmes), which provides around 650 people every year with funding, tailored one-to-one support and networking opportunities. This research also cites the following references: Drawing upon this population, UnLtd Research has collated the following data sets to detail the demographics of social entrepreneurs, their work, their impact and their learning. Harding, R. and Harding, D. (2008) Social Entrepreneurship in the UK. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Applicant monitoring data for 3,166 Award Winners who have completed their projects, providing socio-demographic data Social Enterprise Coalition (2009) State of Social Enterprise and an overview of the projects they create. Survey. (SEC, 2009). 2 www.UnLtd.org.uk
  • 3. Who are social entrepreneurs? UnLtd’s Award Winners come from a diverse range of backgrounds. Despite being highly educated, over a third of UnLtd Award Their socio-demographic make-up mirrors those of social Winners in England and Wales come from the 20% most deprived entrepreneurs found by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor areas when mapped against the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. (GEM, Harding and Harding 2008). However, there are some The same finding is also reflected regionally. At the opposite end noteworthy patterns: of the scale, the lowest proportions of Award Winners are from the 20% least deprived areas. As such, further research would be valuable to learn more about the relationship between education, Whilst there is a fairly equal gender representation amongst social deprivation and social entrepreneurship. entrepreneurs in the UK, UnLtd has supported slightly more male (54%) than female (46%) Award Winners. However, this is more These findings highlight that there is no ‘typical’ social entrepreneur. balanced in comparison to mainstream entrepreneurship, where Instead, their wide ranging socio-demographic backgrounds points to men are twice as likely to become entrepreneurs in comparison to the need to learn more about how this relates to their motivations and women (GEM, 2008). Our retrospective survey of Award Winners the social problems they address. also found an approximately equal gender division amongst those who reported that they were still running their social venture. Case study The majority of UnLtd Award Winners are aged between 30 and 45. However, with UnLtd’s increasing range of externally funded programmes aimed at encouraging social entrepreneurship amongst specific age groups, this pattern could be changing towards a more equal distribution, with the Ben Donnelly set up Elixir Environments in Merseyside to provide a free youngest Award Winners aged 11 and the oldest being over 75. gardening service for vulnerable people and community groups. This allows him to provide training and employment to those At 40%, minority ethnic groups are strongly represented amongst disadvantaged in the labour market because of homelessness, our Award Winners. This is similar to GEM which found those long-term unemployment, offending or substance abuse. Ben was from minority ethnic groups were two-and-a-half times more likely given £1,500 by UnLtd in 2009 for the equipment needed to set up and to start a social venture than those from white ethnic groups. run this project. Having overcome similar problems several years ago and gained extensive experience working in the community since, Ben UnLtd Award Winners come from a range of educational recognises the importance of practical work experience, which allows backgrounds, although there is a greater representation individuals whose lives have been affected by bad choices to develop of those with a professional qualification (15%) or a degree their confidence and skills. His vision is to provide accredited training to or postgraduate qualification (38%). 80 individuals and to support 30 people to gain employment. He is well on his way to achieving this goal and has successfully gained contracts and secured further funding to expand this project. UnLtd Findings - March 2010 3
  • 4. What are social entrepreneurs doing? Social entrepreneurs are often defined according to their activity, 60 Figure 1: Who benefits? approach and focus of the venture they run. The Global Percentage of respondents Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) begins its definition by explaining who benefit each particular group ‘social entrepreneurship is any attempt at new social enterprise activity 50 or new enterprise creation’. UnLtd adopts a more open approach, funding individuals who have the potential to make a positive change 40 in the world through their passion, ideas and a can-do attitude. This change can be local or societal, their solution can be anything from a one-off event to a nationwide social enterprise and they can 30 address any area of social or environmental benefit. However, over the past 8 years some patterns in their approaches and the sectors they are targeting can be seen. A few of our questions in our follow-up 20 survey were designed to be directly comparable with the Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC, 2009) State of Social Enterprise Survey: 10 In our follow-up survey of 437 Award Winners, the question was 0 asked ‘Thinking about your UnLtd awarded project/venture, what or who are your main beneficiaries or users?’ In response, 46% People of a particular religion Prisoners or ex-offenders People with disabilities Asylum seekers or refugees People with physical and mental illness Women Organised groups, charities etc People with drug or alcohol addictions Help the general public People with learning difficulties People in other countries People on low incomes Elderly people People from BAME communities Unemployed people Homeless people Local people LGBT community Other Young people (under 18) benefited the local community and 38% benefited a particular group of people. This finding reflects the SEC (2009) survey where these two categories were again the most popular (59% and 36% respectively), with employees, other organisations and the environment targeted to a lesser extent. When asked the more specific question ‘What, if any, particular groups of people in your community do you benefit?’, the majority of Award Winners benefited local people, young people under 18, people on low incomes, unemployed people and people with disabilities, as shown in Figure 1. Again, the groups targeted by UnLtd social entrepreneurs directly mirror those found more generally in social enterprise by the SEC (2009). It is also noteworthy that social entrepreneurs were targeting an average of 5 groups of people in their communities. 4 www.UnLtd.org.uk
  • 5. What impact do they have? UnLtd primarily funds start-up social entrepreneurs, providing mass support for people creating micro scale projects. Some of these are designed to run for a short time to successfully address an issue. Others continue after their UnLtd Award and become viable businesses, often operating as social enterprises. In other words, social entrepreneurs often start small scale, whether they are addressing a problem in their community, an issue that they have personally experienced or a more general social concern. However, start-up social entrepreneurs still create significant social and economic impacts. Social outcomes Social innovation The range of target beneficiaries for UnLtd awarded projects also The social entrepreneurs supported by UnLtd are integral to creating creates a range of social outcomes. Of those: social innovation. They provide new solutions to social problems. Two examples of this include Patient Opinion, dubbed the ‘Trip Advisor of Healthcare’, where patients can share experiences The variability of social impact is staggering, from providing about NHS facilities. Or Baharat Najib, who uses traditional Pakistani educational books, increasing fitness and solving health issues, mediation approaches to tackle communal conflict and honour crime to inventing new approaches to environmental problems. in the Midlands. These innovative ideas once tested have the potential to be replicated into projects which are successful at creating social From estimations by Award Winners at the end of their projects, change on a larger scale. over half a million people have participated or benefited from the products and services provided. We believe this is a significant At the end of an UnLtd Award, 36% of projects were either already underestimation of the total picture. being replicated or had plans to be replicated soon (737 of 2048 projects). 59% of UnLtd awarded projects will be providing a service related to many areas, including health, education or sport and recreation. 32% of our Award Winners’ work will involve campaigning and organising events. On completion of their projects, 40% of Award Winners had produced a broadcast, publication, or another product. UnLtd Findings - March 2010 5
  • 6. Economic outcomes Social entrepreneurs generate significant economic outcomes, Figure 2 : Percentage of previous UnLtd Award a situation which has not changed in the current economic climate. Winners generating turnover through This is demonstrated by the 437 previous UnLtd Award Winners who their awarded project 50 responded to a follow-up survey: 40 percentage UnLtd Award Winners created an average of 4 jobs each. 30 20 UnLtd Award Winners created an average of 14 training opportunities each. 10 50% of those who continued their UnLtd awarded projects 0 £100,001 to £250,000 £10,001 to £50,000 £250,001 to £1 million £50,001 to £100,000 Over £1 million £0 to £10,000 increased their turnover in the last year. This again mirrors the SEC (2009) survey, highlighting their value in the current economic climate. Whilst the majority of social entrepreneurs funded by UnLtd start small-scale projects, a small proportion expand and generate significant turnover, as demonstrated in Figure 2. Case study Social capital Jamie Fielden set up Jamie’s Farm to provide a unique residential experience for vulnerable young people, helping to reduce truancy and Social capital facilitates individual or collective action and is behaviour difficulties amongst those at risk of exclusion from school. generated by networks of relationships, reciprocity and trust. It is As a teacher in a tough London school and having grown up on a integral for democracy and community cohesion, creating bonding farm, Jamie had this idea after bringing some lambs into school. He between social groups, as well as bridging any divisions between them. noticed how the behaviour of those pupils who were hardest to engage In relation to this, we have found that: changed as they nurtured and took responsibility for looking after the lambs. Jamie’s Farm takes this learning forward, providing young 53% of all awarded projects enhance social capital by forming people with real tasks in an agricultural setting, alongside intensive new networks, providing education, increasing familiarity and one-to-one and group therapy. UnLtd gave Jamie £15,000, along with generating interest from local businesses and local authorities. intensive support around financial modelling. This has enabled Jamie to extend his project, helping him to find new premises and gain further On average, social entrepreneurs create 15 volunteer positions funding so that he can reach more young people. He hopes to develop when they continue their projects (of those 437 who responded this model in other locations to become the country’s leading to UnLtd’s follow-up survey). intervention for vulnerable young people at risk from exclusion. 6 www.UnLtd.org.uk
  • 7. The ripple effect Conclusions UnLtd aims first and foremost to invest in social entrepreneurs who are at a very early stage in their work, with the belief that this initial act of trust and support enables them to develop skills through running their project. UnLtd Research has found that this creates a ‘ripple effect’, empowering people with the skills and confidence they need to set up and run a social venture, both now and in the future. Social entrepreneurs are often ordinary people who understand 70% of UnLtd Award Winners reported that they had gained practical solutions to social problems and as such, are extraordinary confidence and 62% gained leadership skills after running their in the work that they do. Supporting individual social entrepreneurs awarded project. to set up and run a social venture has an amplified ripple effect, both on them, the communities in which they work and the social problems Of the 437 Award Winners who completed the follow-up survey, they address. Social entrepreneurs generate new ideas to solve social 75% were continuing with their awarded project and a further 9% problems or connect existing solutions with communities that need chose to set up another social venture. them. They create jobs, training, and volunteering opportunities. They create new and viable business models with real financial impact Without UnLtd support, 57% of Award Winners would have on the UK economy. They create publications, products, and services. struggled to run their project and a further 22% feel that they They create safer schools, better neighbourhoods, and stronger would not have been able to run it at all. communities. 89% of UnLtd Award Winners feel able to create social change. Overall, social entrepreneurship has the potential to help the pressing Of these, almost all (97%) feel that this is a direct result of running social and environmental problems the UK faces today. Although there their UnLtd awarded project. is much to learn, this Findings Paper has provided an initial insight into this sector and the individuals who take it forward, demonstrating how 92% of Award Winners feel that they are able to run a social small scale investment has the potential to create significant and venture. Of these, almost all (98%) feel that this is a direct result lasting social change. UnLtd Research is dedicated to learning more of running their UnLtd Awarded project. about the everyday realities in which social entrepreneurship is embedded. We are committed to sharing these findings to inform Even allowing for some positive sample bias here, the results indicate public policy, academic thinking, practitioner knowledge and the substantial benefit. The evidence throughout this paper highlights growth of the sector. Future UnLtd Research Findings Papers that social entrepreneurs learn through action. Moreover, running a will explore social entrepreneurs’ motivations, young social social venture has a ‘ripple effect’ in the impacts it creates, which entrepreneurship and the role of social entrepreneurs in facilitating varies in both type (social, economic, environmental) and scale (from community cohesion. the individual, to their beneficiaries, to wider society). As such, the impact generated by UnLtd is sustainable. This is not solely defined by financial success, or whether a social enterprise is created. Instead, it begins with the individual and their capacity to set up and run a social venture to benefit society. UnLtd Findings - March 2010 7
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