"Community organisations are really the first responders in communities"
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Great progress on something we’ve campaigned against for over a decade: profiteering in children’s care homes.
Our mission-led government can and must work more with #SocialEnterprise providers who put people before profits.
🔊 Congratulations @SchSocEnt who have won this year’s #BuySocial Market Builder Award, sponsored by @morrisonbuilds. Well done also to Scottish Borders Social Enterprise Chamber who were highly commended! #SocEntScotAwards24
“We must be prepared to do business differently.
We have to create space for new models in public service delivery.
Social enterprise is crucial to a vibrant Scottish economy and Scottish society.” @JohnSwinney First Minister of Scotland at #SocEntSummit24. Hear hear!!
Brilliant to be at #SocEntSummit24. Packed attendance!
Hearing Scottish Minister @ThomasCArthur talk on the Scotland being world-leading in social enterprise and that’s because to deliver a fair + prosperous society we need social entrepreneurs at the heart of it all
📢 Welcome to the Social Enterprise Summit Scotland 2024!
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Businesses with a social purpose do more to support other businesses and deliver for our communities.
Learn about what the @SchSocEnt do from their graduation event.
To grow the economy, and to grow it inclusively we need alternative business models like co-ops and social enterprises.
Hear more about how we enable mission-driven businesses to grow with our very own @samhaydock!
Businesses with a social purpose do more to support other businesses and deliver for our communities.
Learn about what the @SchSocEnt do from their graduation event.
A big positive step for our mission-led movement – the government’s new #IndustrialStrategy explicitly states it wants to work with key business models like #SocialEnterprise to unlock the UK’s economic potential. Highly encouraging to hear this commitment to #SocialValue.
“To transform a failed market into a thriving community - we need social entrepreneurs”. They are the problem solvers in their area says @PollyBLabour MP for East Thanet (we obviously couldn’t agree more!)
Was a great honour to chair the breakfast meeting at @balticcreative for @SocialEnt_UK with @PeterHorrocks, @BlackFundingNet@Kindred. Positive, inspiring and recognition of the work we have ahead to deliver a diverse economy with coops and soc ents as part of National renewal
Pleased to speak at the Mission Driven Business reception this evening.
As we set our priorities for government, it was great to discuss how we can work together with the social investment sector to invest in and support communities across the country.
“We have the ability to be world-leading on social enterprise. We need to back social organisations to trade, acquire customers and grow with the right type of money and support at the right time”. Our very own CEO @Ali_SchSocEnt