During our jaunt up to the Big Smoke a couple of weeks ago we were really excited to finally meet our Forerunner Prize winners, CanAdvice, face to face. The CanAdvice team (from left to right) are: Shereen Nabhani-Gebara, Reem Kayyali and Nada Philip. The team said: "We are grateful for this award as it will provide us with the support and mentorship to further develop CanAdvice and to enhance its reach in patient care." Following our meeting they now have a plan of action and are setting up their brand new social enterprise as we speak. We're really looking forward to being part of their journey and being invovled with such a great project.
Watch this space for updates of their progress.
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On Monday 28th November we attended the Social Enteprise Awards 2016 at the incredible Grand Connaught Rooms in London. The awards were organised by Social Enterprise UK and hosted by two time Edinburgh Comedy Awards Finalist, Nish Kumar. The awards recognise the acheivements of British Social Enterprises and we were delighted to have come away from proceedings with a Highly Commended in the Social Impact category! I am not totally sure if this is too early, but I did see the John Lewis Christmas advert over the weekend so I guess it is ok. Christmas is a month away and you probably need some Christmas gift ideas.
SEUK have produced a social enterprise gift guide, a great way to 'give', while keeping your social conscience in check. To see what great gifts you can buy your friends and families visit the link below! | CLICK Social Enterprise Mark have produced a Christmas gift brochure highlighting what their social enterprise mark holders produce for a perfect christmas gift | CLICK Iridescent Ideas has been a proud delivery partner of POP ideas for the last two years. In that time POP ideas has supported over 200 individuals and organisations with funding and planning advice.
Iridescent Ideas recently wrote a report on the impact of the POP ideas project and it highlights that for every £1 invested by Plymouth City Council into POP ideas the return is £28. The headline figures show:
To find out more, read the impact report: CLICK Join us on Monday 14th November at 6pm for a FREE online discussion exploring The Future Of Technology.
According to an article in YourStory.com called 'How this French entrepreneur built the world’s largest social enterprise', 59-year-old Jean-Marc Borello, founder of Social and Solidarity Economy Group (Groupe SOS) is the founder of the largest social enterprise in the world.
Started in 1984, Groupe SOS currently employs over 15,000 people and impacts the lives of over a million people across 35 countries, the Groupe SOS website reports. These standalone establishments are mainly focused on sectors such as education, health, housing, employment, youth, and senior citizens. Find out more: CLICK We are delighted to announce, on Social Saturday, that the winner of our first annual Forerunner Prize is...
Iridescent Ideas CIC, PKF Francis Clark, Social Enterprise Mark CIC, University of St Mark & St John and Tribe Media are delighted to unveil the remaining three finalists for the Forerunner Prize 2016.
We are delighted to announce that we have shortlisted 6 finalists for the Forerunner Prize, which invited applications from social entrepreneurs looking to do exciting things with technology. We reveal our first finalist today.
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