Welcome to the Social Enterprises in Cumbria webinar

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Social Enterprises in Cumbria An introductory webinar

Daniel Heery

Vice Chair – Cumbria Social Enterprise Partnership

ProgrammeOverview of webinar and definition of social enterprises Daniel Heery

Why Cumbria County Council are supporting the development of social enterprises

Martin Allman

The social enterprise sector in Cumbria and the UK Daniel Heery

Time to Change (West Cumbria) - working with homeless people, encouraging them to develop life skills

Rachel Holliday

Creative Wellbeing – a social enterprise providing free and inclusive creative activities to enhance personal and community wellbeing

Rebecca Mellor

GLL - the UK's largest leisure charitable social enterprise Richard Foster

Question and Answer Panellists

Current support available through CSEP – types of people enterprises being supported

Daniel Heery

Q&A / Closing Comment / Next webinar Daniel Heery

Housekeeping

• Type in questions

• Polls

• Webinar recorded / slides available afterwards

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What makes a Social Enterprise?

1. Have a clear social and/or environmental mission set out in their governing documents

2. Generate the majority of their income through trade

3. Reinvest the majority of their profits

4. Be autonomous of state

5. Be majority controlled in the interests of the social mission

6. Be accountable and transparent

Read the short guide - Social Enterprise Explained - to find out more.

In the UK

• 70,000 social enterprises in the UK

• employ almost a million people and

• contribute £18.5 billion to the UK economy (based upon 2012 Small Business Survey, 2013).

• Almost half (49%) of all social enterprises are five years old or less and 35% are three years old or less

• 31% of social enterprises are working in the top 20% most deprived communities in the UK

• Job creators: 41% of social enterprises created jobs in the past 12 months compared to 22% of SMEs

Social Enterprise in Cumbria

• Around 700-800 Social Enterprises.

• Contribute £275m to the economy.

• Provide 4,000 jobs and involve 5,000 volunteers.

• Vast variation in size and type.

• Operate in many different sectors.

• Supported by Cumbria Social Enterprise Partnership.

Social Enterprises often….

• Enhance service provision in areas where private and public sector provision is lacking.

• Operate in activities that have a lower profit margin than would be acceptable to the private sector.

• Exploit gaps in the market not served by other enterprises.

• Benefit a specific community.

• Operate in places that are unattractive to others.

• Operate in activities for ethical and ideological reasons.

• Employ people that are disadvantaged in the job market.

ALSTON MOOR … world’s first social enterprise town

Time to Change (West Cumbria)

Rachel Holliday

Creative Wellbeing Rebecca Mellor

Support for Social Enterprises in Cumbria

Daniel Heery

CSEP Support

We have following support currently available:

• 3 days support for new start ups focusing on public service delivery

• 2 days for other new start ups

• 2 days for growing social enterprises

Links to other support from Co-ops UK (the Hive), Cumbria Growth Hub, Social investors.

Stay involved

• Follow up seminar on starting up a social enterprise Friday Sept 8th at 12.15 for 12.30 start. Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2cfe92ac4608406a7c24e00bf0acd2b8

• CSEP AGM at Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, 26th September.

• Buy Social – Social Saturday 14th October https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/social-saturday-2017

• Check out more events at www.secumbria.org

• Looking for events in Districts

Final Questions?

Thank you for participating!Daniel Heery

enquiries@secumbria.org