A passionate and inspiring social entrepreneur with a track record in employment and enterprise activities in regeneration areas, a catalyst for partnership working, and community involvement. Kate is recognised at regional national and international level as a leader of social and economic support services with a reputation for innovative work in supporting social enterprises and developing the sector. It was in recognition of this contribution that Kate was awarded an OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to Social Enterprise in North East England and a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion in April 2016. She was named as one of the UK Women in Social Enterprise 100 in 2017 and again in 2018. Kate is Founder and Chief Executive of Social Enterprise Acumen, Founder and Chair of Acumen Community Buildings and is an ambassador for the Social Enterprise Mark and the BQ Social Entrepreneurs Index. She is still on the board of Acumen Development Trust, the first social enterprise she founded in 2003 which has helped over 17,000 people gain employment.

1. Activate:Borders
Kate Welch OBE DL

2. Cross Border Trading and Collaboration
• Creating the right policy environment and
support
• Building relationships
• Creating the right value proposition
• Motivation

3. Policy and Support
• Department for
International Trade in
the UK with specialist
staff who work with
Taiwan
• £6 billion bilateral trade
between UK and Taiwan

4. Special iApps
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5. • Encouraging the
public to make
ethical choices and
buy from social
enterprises
• Increasing the
number of social
enterprises in
Corporate supply
chains.
Buy Social

6. From Babies with Love
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7. Social Value Act
• Public sector
commissioning
• Economic, social and
environmental well-
being
• Public services
contracts

8. Relationships

11. Value Proposition

13. UK Industrial Strategy
• Artificial Intelligence
and data
• Ageing society
• Clean growth
• Future of mobility

14. Alcove helps older and disabled adults remain safe using
the internet of things
a real-time, data-
driven alternative
that embraces the
world of
connected smart
technologies

15. Taiwan UK cross border collaboration

16. Kate Welch OBE DL MA FRSA
Chief Executive
Social Enterprise Acumen CIC
+44 191 386 9785
+44 780 933 0102
kate.welch@socialenterpriseacumen.co.uk
Holder of the Queen’s Award for
Enterprise promotion