Social Enterprisewith an international tinge

Robin Hoods Bay June 2014

History

• Roots in the 19th century• Reinvented last 20 years• Seen as solution to – Social issues– Social care – Unemployment– Funding charities– Restoring communities

Social enterprise

• Have entrepreneurial approach to social issues • trade• revenue-generating business with primarily

social objectives • May be formally a charity or a business• Surpluses reinvested • May mix employees and volunteers

Sector EthicalBusiness

SocialEnterprise

NGO &Voluntary

PublicPrivate

Aim Social gainProfit

Ownership Social / Community Public Private

Funding Grant & Donations TaxesRevenue from Sales

Social Economy in the UK

Types of social enterprises• Community Enterprises: enterprises which serve a particular geographical community or community

of interest and have representatives from the community on their board of directors.• Social Firms: which aim to integrate people who might otherwise find it difficult in the mainstream

job market, such as people with learning disabilities or mental health problems.• Co-operatives: organisation owned, controlled, and run for the benefit of their members.• Credit Unions: community based financial institutions providing savings and loan facilities for their

members.• Community Development Finance Institutions: providers of loans and other types of investment

primarily for social enterprises and other small businesses.• Development Trusts: community enterprises which aim to develop a community, usually through the

ownership and management of property.• Public sector spin-outs: independent social enterprises set up to deliver services that were previously

provided by public sector organisations. Also known as 'externalised' services. • Trading arms of charities: set up to undertake trading activity in order to raise money for their charity

parent company e.g. charity shops, catalogues, training and consultancy.• Fair Trade organisations: committed to ensuring that producers are paid a fair price for what they

produce.• Other types of social enterprise: businesses with social objectives as central as their economic

objectives.

Social enterprise in the UK

• The most common sector is health and social care – mostly day-care, childcare, welfare, guidance, accommodation services, community or social services and education

• Social enterprises that aim to help people principally work with people with disabilities (19%), children & young people (17%) the elderly (15%) and people on low income (12%)

• In the UK, the largest number of social enterprises are found in London – which accounts for over a fifth of the total. The vast majority are located in urban areas

• Social enterprises are likely to be situated in areas of multiple deprivation; 29% are located in the 20% most deprived wards

Robin Hood Bay Broadband Cooperative

John Lewis

• What makes our approach different? Our Partners' energy and passion to build an ever-more sustainable and responsible business.

• 'Our values and principles remain a powerful driver on our continuous journey to be a more sustainable business. Our business takes a long-term view, operating in the interests of not just those who work for us now, but those who will follow in the future.'

• Charlie Mayfield, Chairman, John Lewis Partnership

Hapinoy

Coin Street Community Builders

Rags2Riches

House of St Barnabas

Garden Café for Deaf Waiters

Hackney Community Transport HCT

Other examples

• Eden Project• 15• Big Issue• Many housing associations• Oxfam shops and trading arms of charities• Social forestry projects in Amazon, Indonesia• Health services • Divine Chocolate• St Giles Trust• Atrium Health

Telapak Community Forestry, South Sulawesi: a social enterprise

People

Profit

Planet

• Village members learned how to manage and develop a sustainable timber enterprise•Revenue contributed to village development

• Village household income increased 400%• Social Enterprise gained ‘SmartWood’ certificate; allowing access to European market

• Created sustainable, green community forest management model• model replicated in other regions

Facts

• At least 62,000 social enterprises in the UK • contribute £24bn to UK output per year • employ 800,000 people • more than 3,000 Community Interest Companies (CIC) .• 4,735 Co-operative enterprises in the Up Public Awareness: • 29% of people in the UK are familiar with the concept of

social enterprise, • Of these, 27% say they have family, friends or

acquaintances who work for a social enterprise

Government support

• All parties• Community Interest company• Social care bill• Big Society

In the British Council Skills for Social Entrepreneurs programme:

• Partnership• Networking • Training• Funding

The programme is currently active in:• China, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Vietnam,

Thailand, South Korea, Myanmar/ Burma, Croatia, Georgia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.