Social Enterprise A Call to ACTION. INTERREG ACTION Pilot Project. Dunhill Ecopark. Friday 22nd June 2012

1. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
A outline prospectus
for social enterprise brokerage

2. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
To make social enterprise live up to its jobs
and economic recovery potential we need a
catalyst and an enabler.
 Social Enterprise Action! is seeking investment
in terms of time, commitment and money
 Investment means a clear outcome for all the
stakeholders
 Investment means being innovative and being
rewarded

3. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Where did it come from?
 Social Enterprise Action! has developed from an
INTERREG ACTION Pilot Project between
Carmarthenshire in Wales and County
Waterford
 It has identified over 200 potential or current
social enterprises in County Waterford alone
 Social Enterprise Action! Seeks to be innovative
and dynamic in its methodology and growth
potential

4. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
What will it do?
 Broker resources (social, intellectual, financial
capital) to set up new social enterprises, expand
existing ones and develop job potential
 Develop local action groups in tandem with networks
such as Communities Creating Jobs and LEADER
through a series of local social enterprise workshops
 Offer training courses to local development enterprise
animators
 Research and keep updated a regional social
enterprise database
 Establish a network of specialist consultants and
mentors with the capacity to respond to specific social
enterprise needs

5. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
What’s new?
 We won’t wait for projects to come to us, we’ll go
out and make it happen
 We will integrate with a new and dynamic
community initiative, brokering skills, advice
and resources to develop social enterprise
 We won’t be part of a state initiative , but an
independent non-profit company with a
sustainable business plan
 We will draw on skills, research experience and
business contacts from the INTERREG ACTION
Pilot Project

6. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
What’s the resource base?
 Social capital of contacts in social enterprise and
the Communities Creating Jobs network
 Intellectual capital of the expertise of the key
players
 Pool of business expertise and mentors
 Transnational partner experience and contacts
through the INTERREG ACTION Pilot Project

7. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
What will be the impacts?
 Development of local action groups in tandem
with networks such as CCJ
 Where a local community engages, a social
enterprise workshop and follow-up service will
deliver new and expanded social enterprises over
a 1-3 year period
 Over a three-year period a local action group and
support infrastructure will be established in
every county
 Social enterprises will attain critical mass to
effect job creation through a visible and
recognised sector

8. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
What can investors expect?
 New social enterprises established linked to local
action groups
 Existing social enterprises expanded and
developed
 New sustainable jobs created
 Social enterprise emerges as a viable sector
 Positive social enterprise culture of self reliance

9. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
The Structure
 Guarantee company without share capital
 Committed and experienced directors
 Independent of agencies or state structures
 Open to membership from participating
communities

10. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Sustainability
 Built on local ownership and support
 Responds to unique local needs and opportunities
 Engaging with the critical issue of local job
creation and social enterprise
 Low overheads and operating structure
 Developing ‘self-generating market’ through local
workshops
 Experience and contacts gained through
INTERREG ACTION and Dunhill Rural
Enterprises Ltd
 Linked to grassroots-based community
movement

11. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTION!
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Next steps
 Incorporating the company
 Seeking Investor commitments
 A full prospectus and Business Plan
 Develop local, regional and national roll-out
programme