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Progress Report June 2017
Manitoba Social Enterprise Strategy
Social Enterprise Manitoba
The Canadian Community Economic
Development Network (CCEDNet) - Manitoba
has been supporting social enterprises for
nearly two decades. Non-profit organizations
who pursue cultural, environmental, social or
economic goals through business activity are
an important piece of the community economic
development landscape in Manitoba. The
Manitoba Social Enterprise Strategy launched
in 2015 with a $750,000 commitment over
three years managed by CCEDNet Manitoba,
after a collaborative development process
involving social enterprise leaders, developers,
and government stakeholders. Leveraging this
amazing opportunity, CCEDNet Manitoba has
established Social Enterprise Manitoba as a hub
for information, development services, sector
development, and outreach to new partners,
purchasers, and consumers.
Social Enterprise Manitoba intends on
supporting the broad social enterprise
community for the long-haul while the focus
of the MSES is more targeted on stabilizing
and scaling up work integration social
enterprise (WISE). The MSES is leveraging the
success of the local sector to strengthen the
infrastructure and ecosystem of support for
social enterprise and our hope is for Social
Enterprise Manitoba to be one of the lasting
outcomes of this important community —
government collaboration.
Message from the Social Enterprise Manitoba team
The Manitoba Social Enterprise Strategy
also includes 38 recommendations across
six pillars including skill development,
finance, market opportunities, demonstrating
impact, regulatory systems, and network
building. Over three years, Social Enterprise
Manitoba is working to implement these
recommendations, with our partners in the
sector and in local governments. We want to
extend sincere thanks to the entrepreneurs,
community builders, government employees,
and other stakeholders who have taken part
in consultations, working groups, events,
and meetings as we create an equitable and
sustainable economy together.
Our team can’t wait to continue rolling out
activities and hope you’ll join us in considering
what comes next as we support community
building enterprise.
Find out about what we’ve been up to at
www.socialenterprisemanitoba.ca
With thanks,
Sarah Leeson — Klym,
Regional Director
Darcy Penner,
MSES Project Manager
Frank Atnikov,
Social Enterprise Program Manager
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
Having a nuanced understanding of social
enterprise in Manitoba will improve strategic
decision making with the limited resources
available for investment. Over the course of the
MSES implementation project, we have been
asking Manitoba workforce integration social
enterprises (WISE) to provide us with data to
give a snapshot of who they’re serving, what
industry sectors they’re operating in, and how
many jobs are created through their work.
Surveying the size and shape of WISE in ManitobaAs with all data collection, there are limitations, but slowly a picture is
developing of an emerging sector with a multitude of practices and models
serving some of those most often excluded from our economy.
These findings will be used
to inform and advocate for
future sector investment.
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SReporting on the barriers individuals are
facing has its challenges. Factors such as a
a reluctance to be overly intrusive and the
confluence of multiple barriers prevent this
type of information from being a precise
science. That being said, this information
gives an indication of the most prominent
barriers to employment faced by social
enterprise employees.
In 2016, these 19 social enterprises were
providing employment and training
opportunities to over 850 people.
Out of 19 social enterprise respondents
of 37 surveyed:
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W I S E S U R V E Y
MSES Steering Committee
This governance team includes social
enterprise leaders and key government
representatives managing files important to
this sector. Working this way means programs,
events, and suggested policy change is
grounded in the needs and capacities of both
the sector and the Provincial government.
This co-creation model enables consistent
communication between community and
government, and is one of the best practices
emerging from this model that other places in
Canada are watching.
Work grounded in the community
Current members include
Sarah and Darcy
Social Enterprise Manitoba
Damon Johnston
Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg
Shaun Loney
Aki Energy
Carinna Rosales
SEED Winnipeg
Audra Penner
Imaginability
Representatives from
Entrepreneurship Manitoba,
Industry, Training &
Employment Services,
and Manitoba Housing.
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C O M M U N I T Y
Working Groups
Two regular working groups are supported through the
MSES implementation project. The WISE Working Group
brings together practitioners and leaders of social enterprises
in a community of practice that discusses challenges, and
considers collective action. The Social Finance Working Group
includes lenders, fund and foundation managers, developers,
and financial institutions all considering ways we can
collectively unlock more capital to support the growth and
scaling up of social enterprise initiatives.
Annual Report Back Meetings
Each year, the sector reconvenes to hear about the activities
of the previous year and voice their ideas and concerns moving
forward. The yearly work plan is built from the feedback
received here.
Work grounded in the community
Working together benefits more than us, it benefits an
entire community.
Social Enterprises can be successful and create
lasting impacts within a community.
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C O M M U N I T Y
Idea Jam
In December 2016, Social
Enterprise Manitoba teamed
up with Transition Winnipeg
and the Winnipeg Chamber of
Commerce to host an after-hours
mixer and ideas jam. The social
enterprise, business and
environmental community
came together to meet, mingle,
problem solve and provide input
on three exciting local economy
initiatives in Manitoba related
to inclusive job and training
opportunities for people
facing barriers to employment
or sustainable, low-carbon
enterprise initiatives.
Expect more collaboration for
these events in the years ahead!
Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise
Every two years, the Social
Enterprise Council of Canada
(SECC) partners with a local
host to present the Canadian
Conference on Social Enterprise
(CCSE). CCEDNet Manitoba is
proud to have been the local
host for the 2017 CCSE in
Winnipeg on May 10 - 12, 2017.
This event brings together
our most innovative social
entrepreneurs, investors,
policy makers, and supporters
in a spirit of collaboration and
learning, to celebrate and
advance the country’s growing
social enterprise sector.
Over 225 entrepreneurs,
community builders, and
sector leaders converged on
the University of Winnipeg and
nine social enterprise sites of
success for three packed days
of networking and deep-dive
collective learning.
Reaching out and growing awareness
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G R O W I N G AWA R E N E S S
Spirit of Winnipeg Awards
Recognition and celebration are
important. They raise the profile
of social enterprises’ work
and the spirit of those doing
the work. We’ve contributed
advice, nominations and
promotion to the Winnipeg
Chamber of Commerce in their
Spirit of Winnipeg Awards,
which has included a category
dedicated to non-profits and
social enterprises. Past social
enterprise nominees and
winners include:
Mother Earth Recycling
2017 winner!
BUILD Inc.
2016 winner!
Diversity Food Services
2015 winner!
L’Arche Winnipeg Inc.
Manitoba Green Retrofit
Resource Assistance for Youth
Market development
Access to markets is essential
for social enterprises’ impact.
Increasing sales can be one of
the strongest ways to increase
this impact.
In 2016, we supported the Social
Purchasing Portal’s Networking
Expo, featuring 35 enterprises
and bringing social enterprises
to the public. An area for
future consideration is how
to dramatically increase the
number of consumers thinking
social when they shop.
We also began testing a
procurement intermediary
to focus on creating new
relationships with public and
private sector purchasers. With
just a partial year to pilot this
concept, we’ve seen several
new purchasers engage with
social enterprises. With more
time, this approach promises
to scale up social procurement
across Manitoba.
Reaching out and growing awareness
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G R O W I N G AWA R E N E S S
A key action is building relationships with new stakeholders so awareness is built
and a wider range of supports, markets, and entrepreneurs is included in the sector.
Staff have presented to, exhibited, and met with multiple groups like Aboriginal
Chamber of Commerce, Assiniboine Credit Union, Community Futures,
Entrepreneurship Manitoba, Impact Evaluators focus group, Red River College,
Rotary Club of Winnipeg, University College of the North, University classes at the
Asper School of Business, University of Winnipeg, Vision Quest, Winnipeg Indigenous
Executive’s Circle, and many others.
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Funding Revolutions: A model for addressing the challenges of upstream investment in human services
There is growing consensus across the political
spectrum that it is more cost effective to
invest in preventing social problems before
crisis occurs, than it is to invest in addressing
the problem further down the road. However,
significant barriers prevent this from happening.
This report addresses these barriers while
presenting a model for making upstream
investments in human services through a
publicly-financed, pay-for-success investment
fund, specifically designed to invest in
innovative, preventive initiatives. The model
proposed here goes beyond social enterprise.
Innovations in fields such as education
and healthcare are well within the scope
of investment opportunities for this fund.
We’re glad to contribute this research to the
dialogue and practice surrounding preventive
investments, and encourage the Manitoba
government to invest in the opportunities our
social enterprise practitioners see.
Research
Discussions on Social Enterprise FInancing in Manitoba
Social Enterprise Manitoba released a new
report looking at the social enterprise
financing landscape in Manitoba. The report
authors interview members of the Winnipeg
Social Finance Working Group as well as
private consultants to get a snapshot of the
opportunities and challenges social enterprises
face for accessing financing, and where sector
leaders should focus their efforts to improve
the Manitoba landscape.
Find the full reports at
www.socialenterprisemanitoba.ca
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R E S E A R C H
Social Enterprise Institute
Social Enterprise Manitoba partnered with the
Social Enterprise Institute (SEI), an initiative by
Common Good Solutions in Halifax. SEI is an
online learning platform for social enterprise
practitioners — to help anyone, regardless of
location or economic ability, to set-up a social
enterprise to address issues and causes they
care about.
SEI was also created to make learning
easier to implement; to take the hassle out
of learning new skills by delivering seamless,
short, on-demand eLearning produced by
industry professionals. If you come with a
passion to start social enterprise, SEI can
deliver the pathway. For any idea, of any size,
starting at any point in development.
Building Skills, Knowledge, and Networks
Check more on the website
www.socialenterpriseinstitute.ca
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S K I L L S , K N O W L E D G E , A N D N E T W O R K S
Train the Trainer
Part of working strategically is finding
‘dominos’ — which action can we take that will
start a chain reaction, building momentum
towards the goal? One way we did this was
to engage existing business and economic
developers across Manitoba who might not be
familiar with social enterprise.
Our workshop, Train-the-Trainer on Social
Enterprise Development supported by
Common Good Solutions from Halifax,
gave developers a new set of tools to use
and a strong sense of social enterprise and
community-led business. Adding to the
impact, as part of the training, we paired the
developers with emerging enterprise leaders
so these social enterprises would have new
connections and a work plan to strengthen or
launch their social enterprise.
We hosted sessions in Thompson, Winnipeg and
Brandon, reaching over 50 participants. In the
short time we piloted this training session, two
of the participant social enterprises have begun
operations: Workforce Staffing Solutions and
Happy Sprouts Childminding.
Building Skills, Knowledge, and Networks
Other participating organizations
• Brandon Friendship Centre• Bug n’ Scrub — Brandon
Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation
• BUILD• City of Thompson• Community Economic
Development Fund• Community Futures North Central• Community Futures Parkland• Community Futures Wesman• Cooperative Development
Services — Manitoba Government• Diversity Foods
• Entrepreneurship Manitoba• Food Matters Manitoba• Indigenous and Municipal Relations -
Manitoba Government• Industry, Training & Employment -
Manitoba Government• Happy Sprouts Childminding - West
Central Women’s Resource Centre• Manitoba Co-operative Association• Men Are Part of the Solution• New Directions - Genesis• Northern Healthy Foods Initiative• Northern Manitoba Food Culture
and Community Collaborative
• Prairie Partners Inc.• Rivers Train Station Restoration
Committee• Sawmill Cafe• SEED Winnipeg• Thompson Humane Society• Thompson Neighbourhood Renewal
Corporation• University College of the North• Workforce Staffing Solutions —
Manitoba Green Retrofit
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Train the Trainer — Workshop Participants:
“I really enjoyed that this workshop was very hands on and worked through process
from start to finish to how to get from a series of ideas to a tangible plan and
executable steps to completion.”
“This has given me so much confidence.”
“This workshop format is highly effective. It is sequential and logical. The pace is fast
but that is helpful in keeping focused on the higher level things and not getting mired
in details.”
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Social Finance 101
Developed by one of our key partners, SEED
Winnipeg, we held a workshop that provided
an introduction to the world of social finance
(it’s much more than just social impact bonds!).
Participants learned why it is important for their
organization, how it is applicable, and what the
national and international trends are. Watch for
this one to be offered again in future years.
Building Skills, Knowledge, and Networks
Social Impact Bonds 101
Conversations about SIBs are everywhere.
We brought together social enterprise
stakeholders and the broader non-profit
community to provide an overview of SIBs,
including the model, the motivations for
various stakeholders, opportunities and
challenges, and the assumptions we
make about government and non-profit
service providers.
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Winnipeg Social Finance Forum
The MSES worked with the Winnipeg Social
Finance Working Group to host the first
Winnipeg Social Finance Forum. The one-day
conference strengthened the practice and
understanding of social finance by bringing
together stakeholders from across sectors to
learn together and network. Panel discussions
and breakout sessions focused on topics
such as national trends in social finance, local
strengths and opportunities, and experiences
with social impact bonds. Approximately 75
people attended the event throughout the
day. Attendees included financial institutions,
foundations, CED leaders and practitioners, civil
servants, political staff and business leaders.
Social Return on Investment Evaluation
Evaluation is essential for social enterprise,
both for improving practice and outcomes, as
well as demonstrating value to the public. This
training-day, provided by Simpact Strategy
Group from Calgary, gave social enterprise
practitioners and developers a practical
introduction to Social Return on Investment
evaluation for their work.
Building Skills, Knowledge, and Networks
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• Administrative and project
management support
from our parent CCEDNet
• Funding and Steering
Committee support by the
Province of Manitoba
• All our committee and
working group members
• Breakwater Group
• Common Good Solutions
• Eupraxia Training
• Entrepreneurship
Manitoba
• Honest Agency
• Proactive Information
Services
• Purpose Capital
• Social Purchasing Portal
• Researchers Shauna
MacKinnon and Carole
O’Brien
• SEED Winnipeg
• Simpact Strategy Group
• Social Enterprise Council
of Canada
• Social Enterprise Institute
• Transition Winnipeg
• University College of the
North
• University of Winnipeg
Business Chair in
Cooperative Enterprises
• Winnipeg Chamber of
Commerce
Thank you! The MSES implementation project has benefited from an
incredible range of partners and stakeholders.
MSES Project Partners
Partners
Thank you to all who are contributing.
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T H A N K Y O U
204-943-0547 / [email protected] / socialenterprisemanitoba.ca