LIVE LOVE LEGACY THE BEST YOU ENTERPRISING SOCIALLY
sometimes confusion about what social enterprise is. Social body for social enterprise, insists on being clear but pragmatic when it comes to They represent their members to support and help grow the social enterprise movement. Here are what they believe are the characteristics of a social enterprise.
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES SHOULD:
Have a clear social and/or environmental mission set out in their governing documents
income through trade
Be autonomous of state the interests of the social mission
Be accountable and transparent
And if they do well, they
Have you ever bought the Big Issue? Read it over a bar of Divine chocolate? Watched Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen? Visited the Eden Project? Shopped at the Co-op? Well, then you already know a bit about social enterprises: businesses that are changing the world for the better.
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ocial enterprises are 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 into the business or the local community. And so when they Social enterprises are in
our communities and on our
and cinemas, to pubs and leisure centres, banks and bus companies.
But what makes a social enterprise a social enterprise? The term came about from and across the world, there were organisations using the power of business to bring about social and environmental change without a single term to unite them. Since the term started being more widely used been a lot of discussion and
could even win an award. year. They recognise the high achieving and ground breaking organisations and people in social enterprise. There are new categories this year, plus the opportunity to nominate social enterprise champions - people
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