Social Enterprise – Central Coast
Lunch & Learn
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The Vision
“World’s best practice Social Enterprise’s thriving on the Central Coast.”
What is a world leading social
enterprise?
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Spain:
• Mondragon: Humble co-operative to Spain's sixth biggest business
• Mondragon employs 85,000 people
• Operates 256 companies in Finance, Retail, Industry & Knowledge
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UK Examples of World Leading Social Enterprises HCT Group: Founded in 1982 to provide transport services for local
community groups . Now has a turnover of £28 million and employs over 700 people
London Symphony Orchestra: Established as a cooperative is the worlds most well known and most recorded orchestra
The Eden Project: A world leading environmental education and research facility and the regions leading tourist attraction
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What is Social Enterprise in OUR region?
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Social Enterprise definitions vary greatly between UK, EU and US.
Every region has unique economic opportunities and
social needs.
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The Social Enterprise Entity
An organisation that exists for a social purpose (community, environment or economic) using
business models and market based strategies to meet this purpose
Examples: Compass Housing, Fairhaven, Central Coast Tourism, Local Government
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Social Enterprises are businesses that put making a difference
before making a profit.
The Social Enterprise Process
• Can be a project or a program.
• Applying a business or enterprise model to achieving a social purpose.
• Economically sustainable or has elements of cost recovery.
Example: Lake Haven Cinema Model
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Lake Haven Cinema Social:
Place Activation Youth Employment Vibrant Communities 25 Jobs
Enterprise: Creates Permanent Asset Cost Recovery in 14 years Profits back to Community
So what's not a Social Enterprise for government?
• Project isn't driven by a social need or aspiration
• Project or program run solely at cost
• A cinema for another reason or in another location
• Duplicating existing businesses
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Discovering the next BIG & BOLD:
Regional Mapping
• Mapping of economic opportunities to priority
social outcomes
• Identifying key opportunities for the future
social enterprise catalyst projects
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Transforming our region
Social Enterprise as a Verb “What is Social Entrepreneurship?
Whenever society is stuck, it needs an entrepreneur to see the opportunity and then to turn that vision into a realistic idea and then a reality and then, indeed, the new pattern across
society.
This is the work of social entrepreneurs”
Bill Drayton
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Creating Change
Social Procurement
• Local Preference Policy
• Triple Bottom Line Contract Weighting
• Supplier Survey
• Social Enterprise & Local Business Development
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Adapt or Die
The captain of a ship received a message one night, "Change your direction 15 degrees North to avoid collision”.
A little indignant, the captain replied, “I am the captain of a large ship and recommend you divert 15 degrees South”.
The captain received the reply, “We are a lighthouse”.
No matter who you are, life will require flexibility. Be ready to make an adjustment.
Love our living lakes
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Responding to Change
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Social Return on Investment: Example Sam’s Cafe
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Last Month @ Play Café 4 x 3hr groups (Total 12 hours) Mums: 90, Kids: 145 (Total 235) Total: 2,820 hours of Community Engagement
Social Return on Investment Example:
Valuing Relationships
• Number 1 determinant of
health (WHO)
• 80 % of jobs for long term
unemployed
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Social Return on Investment Example:
Sam’s Cafe
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Contrast to: Employment Support Early Childhood Intervention Provision of Health Services 2,820 hours x 12 months: 33,840hrs 33,840 x $25ph: $846,000.00
Social Return on Investment Example:
Sam’s Cafe
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• Arts, music and social programs • Create a vibrant community
centre • Social inclusion for people with
disabilities • Employment (297 hrs. last month) • Cost recovery of social programs • Strategic SRI • Holistic i.e. enterprise & facilities
The project
• Development support (over 87 projects last year)
• Place activation & incubation space
• Crowd Funding & microfinance
• Social Enterprise Master Classes
• Information, resources and networking
• Workshops: Financial planning, lean canvas business planning, gamification and more….
• Development of accredited programs
Love our living lakes
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Taking a Strategic Approach to Meeting Communities
Needs & Aspirations
Capacity Building: Development vs Empowerment
Love our living lakes SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
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Taking a Strategic Approach to Meeting Communities
Needs & Aspirations
Social Enterprise a Door to The Future
Once in a rare while, the fundamental architecture of society shifts.
Over the last two decades the organisation of society led by social entrepreneurs has
done so.
Bill Drayton, Ashoka 2002
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Thank
You
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