Recovery and social enterprise Ruth Campbell, Comas

• Employability and recovery• Services and sustainability•Recovery and

entrepreneurship

Social + Enterprise

• Social enterprise: businesses that trade to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances, or the environment. They make their money from selling goods and services in the open market, but they reinvest their profits back into the business or the local community.

Social + Enterprise

Social Firms: market-led enterprises set up specifically to create good quality jobs for people disadvantaged in the labour market.

“ ‘businesses that support’ rather than ‘projects that trade’”

Social + Enterprise

Work integration social enterprises: improve employment prospects of people severely disadvantaged in the labour market though a range of work-based opportunities.

Follow the money – support for start upFollow the money – start up

Follow the money – subsidy / core funding

Follow the money – profit

Recovery and Employability

Profit model• Low staff numbers• Staff retention• Focus on efficiency:

speed, maximum output

• Quality and consistency

Employability model• Payment per head• Throughput• Short term experience

Support model• High support staff• Community• Authentic

The café

Social connections

Access to support and facilities (e.g. computers)

Learning opportunities

Personal development

Arts programme

Volunteering by community members

Community membership by community members

EADP: rent

Café Profit

Trusts and donations

Other trading

Serenity Café Enterprise

• Work integration social enterprise• Enterprise drives operations• Café roles and accreditation• Community roles and accreditation• 43 volunteers• 280 hours a week to run the café

Serenity Café Enterprise

• External room hire / catering• Public / tourist customvs• A place to be• Synergies with community programme

Developing a social enterprise

• Train the support staff• Think long term• Choose your business carefully• Be ready to ride out cash flow issues• Campaign vociferously for better recognition

of the role of community-based work integration social enterprises.

Future of Social Enterprise and Recovery

• Welfare Reform• Recession• Educate funders and commissioners

Recovery and Entrepreneurship

• Micro enterprise• Self employment• ‘Recovery market’ is growing