Jonathan Coburn

1. Cities as Centres for Social
Entrepreneurship
THE GLASGOW EXPERIENCE

2. THE DEFINITION
A social enterprise does:
Exist primarily to achieve social and/or environmental benefit
Reinvest any profitsback into the businessor for the people it existsto serve
Lock all assetsinto the businessand on dissolution redirect these appropriately
Aspire to financial independence through the money it makesfrom trading
Operate independently of direct control from public authorities

3. THE ECOSYSTEM
509SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
SOCIALENTERPRISE
INGLASGOW
Credit
Unions
Housing
Associations
Social Firms
Community
Co-operatives
Trading
Charities
Development
Trusts
SOCIALENTERPRISESFORMEDINTHECITY
LASTYEAR20
OFGLASGOWSOCIALENTERPRISESLOCATEDINTHE
COUNTRY’SMOSTDEPRIVEDNEIGHBOURHOODS42%
THEAVERAGEAGEOFSOCIALENTERPRISESIN
GLASGOW15 years

4. ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION
Total Income Total Spending Total Assets
£766.9 m
£698.7 m
£2.23 bn
-1.1%
+3.3%
+15.2%
£583m
of social
enterprises90%
£184m
of social
enterprises10%
Emerging
33%
<25% of income from trading
Aspiring
16%
25%-49% of income from trading
Mature
51%
50%+ of income from trading
Increasinglyself-sufficent

5. EMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTION
Energy
3,600 jobs
Food &Drink
4,800 jobs
Construction
17,700 jobs
CreativeIndustries
18,200 jobs
Tourism
30,000 jobs
Social Enterprise
13,206 jobs
6,144 active
volunteers
81,928 hoursof
volunteer monthly
input
£12.4 m economic
value of volunteering

6. SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION
Annexe Communities
Bad Idea Organisation C.I.C
Blairdardie Out of School Service
Bullwood Project
Caring Operations Joint Action Council
Cassiltoun Housing Association
Castlemilk Relaxation Centre
Common Wheel
Community Central Hall (CCH)
Community Info Source
Community Renewal
COPE Scotland
Cube Housing Association
Delivered Next Day Personally C.I.C
DRC Generations
Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust
Eco Drama
Ecole Enterprise
Employers in Voluntary Housing (EVH)
Enable Scotland
Fablevision Studios
Fair Deal
Family Action in Rogerfield & Easterhouse (FARE)
Fun Food Scotland
Fuse Youth Cafe
GalGael Trust
Geeza Break
Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH)
Glasgow Bike Station
Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living
Glasgow Women's Library
Glasgow Wood Recycling
Glenoaks Housing Association Ltd
Good Morning Service
Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
Haven Recylce
Homes for Good
Impact Arts
Indigo Childcare Group
Jeely Piece Club
Kibble Education & Care Centre
Lifelink
Limelight Music
Link Group
Linthouse Housing Association Ltd
Locavore CIC
Luma - IT
LUV Café, The
MAKLab
Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust
Media co-op
Mellow Parenting
Merry-go-round Glasgow
Move On
MsMissMrs
Neilston Development Trust
ng homes
NHS (Scotland & North England) Credit Union Ltd
North Area Transport Association Ltd
Parkhead Housing Association Ltd
Partick Works Ltd.
Pearce Institute, The
Penilee Credit Union
Project Ability
Queens Cross Housing Association
Rosemount Lifelong Learning
roshni
SCSA Ltd T/A Scottish Community Services Agency
Second Opportunities
Senscot Legal
Sense Scotland
South West Community Cycles
Space Unlimited
Spruce Carpets
Street League
SWG3
The Caravan Project
The Disability Community
The Reclaimer
The Spark
The Village Storytelling Centre
The Wise Group
Unity Enterprise
VoiceOver Glasgow / Govan and Craigton Integration Network
Wasps Studios
Whiteinch Centre, The

7. SUPPORT STRATEGY
Priority 1:
Public
Service
Redesign
Priority 2:
Public
Asset
Transfer
Priority 4:
Social
enterprise
synergy
Priority 3:
Private
Sector
Links
Priority 8: Sector Leadership
Priority 9:
Tracking
Contribution
Priority 7:
Building the
Brand
Priority 6: Business Support
Priority 5: Social
Entrepreneurship

8. ROLE OF GLASGOW
CITY COUNCIL
Enabling Policy
Enabling Representation
Enabling Finance
Enabling Business Support
Enabling Service Redesign
Enabling Asset Transfer
Enabling Suppliers
Enabling Visibility

9. BEST PRACTICE:
JOINED UP DELIVERY
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