Peter HolbrookSocial Enterprise UK

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“We need to recognise the full potential that social enterprise has.  It’s not just about helping to tackle social problems at the community level; it’s about mainstream businesses delivering public services with a distinctive focus on quality, serving the community, and employee pride.  You showed us that social enterprises are not just creating social good, but creating jobs and opportunity.”  

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P3 working with re offenders

Our definition:

Organisations whose stated primary objective is to achieve social impact rather than

generating profit for owners and shareholders.

- What is a social entrepreneur?A social entrepreneur is someone who works in an entrepreneurial manner, but for primarily social benefit. Driven by a social mission, they aim to address unmet needs to improve people’s lives.

- What is a social enterprise?

A social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives, whose surpluses are reinvested in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders or owners.

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Together with our members we are the voice for social enterprise. We do research, provide information and tools, share knowledge, build networks, raise awareness and campaign to create a business environment where social

enterprises can thrive.

Representing: 10’s of 000s social enterprisesA network of 9000 businesses

600 voting membersAn elected council of 46

A majority elected board of 12

£24-54bn to the UK economy1 million staff

Policy Trends

The role of social enterprises,

charities and co-operatives in our

public services will be enhanced.

The role of social enterprises,

charities and co-operatives in our

public services will be enhanced.

Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012Establishing ‘social value’ principles in public procurement

UK = £216bn/yr on procurement

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Examples of joint working co-commissioning and social enterprise

Examples of joint working co-commissioning and social enterprise

Examples of joint working co-commissioning and social enterprise

Examples of joint working co-commissioning and social enterprise

Examples of joint working co-commissioning and social enterprise

2010:£17bn p.a.123,000 staff

Coin Street Community Buildrers

€14bn, 84,000 employees, 80% within Spain

"I’m a recovering heroin addict. Open Door helped me by getting me on a controlled medication programme and also helped me get a university course which I’m currently undertaking. I give many thanks to Open Door as I couldn’t have done this without them."

68,000 social enterprises:

39% based in deprived areas

58% grew last year compared to 28% of SME’s

57% predict growth next year

More diverse: 80%have at least 1 woman director, 28% have a BME director

75% actively involve beneficiaries

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thingsPeter F Drucker

www.socialenterprise.org.ukTwitter: @SocEnt_UK

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