How hooking up with social enterprise brings results for business
How hooking up with social enterprise brings results for business

 

“I want local authorities to start hoping that social enterprises will tender for their contracts”
– Ken Orchard, MDCR

 

Tim Smit takes a buggy around the Eden site
Want to know which member of royalty Tim Smit of the Eden Project would like to see become a social entrepreneur? Click here.

 

 
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If you want to know more about social enterprise and how you can get into it, explore the links below. They should give you an idea of the support, resources and cool stuff that’s out there for social businesses.


If you’re a business person, student, teacher, volunteer, charity or professional who wants to get into social enterprise, we’ve also some put some articles here to help you on your way. 

Support and information:

Social Enterprise Coalition
www.socialenterprise.org.uk (also has info to regional support groups)

CAN – Developing and promoting social enterprise
www.can-online.org.uk

Office of the Third Sector
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Business Link - Government’s national network of business advisors
www.businesslink.gov.uk

School for Social Entrepreneurs
www.sse.org.uk

Cooperatives UK - The union of cooperative enterprise
www.cooperatives-uk.coop

 

Discussion: 

Social entrepreneurship discussion and debate
www.socialedge.org

Social Enterprise magazine – for social entrepreneurs and businesses
www.socialenterprisemag.co.uk


Social innovation:

Unltd – a foundation for social entrepreneurs
www.unltd.org.uk

Change Makers - resource site for social entrepreneurs
www.changemakers.net

I-genius.org - a cutting edge networking site for forward thinkers and a good place to find out about social enterprise competitions
www.I-genius.org

New Economics Foundation
www.neweconomics.org

 

Young people: 

Enterprise Insight - Encouraging youth enterprise
www.makeyourmark.org.uk

National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship
www.ncge.com

Young Enterprise
www.young-enterprise.org.uk

 

Financial:

Catalyst – a fund management/advisory firm for social enterprises
www.catfund.com

A bank which only finances ethical projects
www.triodos.co.uk

 

Jobs:

www.justmeans.com

www.guardian.co.uk/society

www.socialenterprisemag.co.uk


 

Want more?

There’s plenty to ponder at www.socialenterprise.org.uk/links.aspx

If you think we’ve missed anything off the list, drop us a line.