Not Just Business As Usual

Social enterprise not just business as usual

What I’ll cover today
Who am I?
Why do I do what I do?
A few examples
Why does social enterprise matter?
Opportunities

What have I done?
University of Leeds - Spanish & French
Senda Juvenil
Trade for Change
Social Enterprise Leeds
WYSE School
Social Business Consulting

Who am I and what do I do?
Training - market research, marketing, social business planning
Consultancy - social enterprise
Mentoring
Photo from Ant Smallwood via flickr.com

What is a social enterprise?
Trying to define a social enterprise can be like trying to define an elephant - very difficult and not much point, because you certainly know one when you see one.
www.sel.org.uk

www.socialbusinessconsulting.co.uk
Lots more information on social enterprise

What do they look like?
Social enterprises:
Are enterprising in their approach
Have clear social objectives
Have a structure which enables social ownership and accountability

Bulky Bobs

Cafédirect

The Eden Project

If you believe there should be a place that explores what a great future might look like...that celebrates life and puts champagne in the veins... then welcome to the Eden Project... That's why we built this place and that's where the money goes.

Angels Housekeeping

Why all the fuss?
Big government agenda to deliver services differently
Grants for third sector organisations becoming more scarce
Social problems need socially entrepreneurial solutions

Opportunities for you
Social enterprises need talented graduates as much as any other business
Social enterprise offers a different route into business - often for people who wouldn’t otherwise go into business

Liam Black, Fifteen Foundation
“ Getting and holding on to people who are happy to live with the pressures of balancing the commercial and social missions is really difficult.
I would say this is the biggest barrier to scaling up the social enterprise part of the economy in this country.”

Contact me
Rob Greenland [email_address]
0113 257 3942

Lots more information on social enterprise

Not Just Business As Usual

by Rob Greenland on Feb 07, 2009

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