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
