Iridescent Ideas | Creating a social enterprise economy - Social enterprise of the month blog

December's social enterprise of the month

20/12/2017

Taking car parts and working with marginalised members of the community to produce amazing art.

Who are they?
ATB Autoart

What they do?
They salvage from scrap yards disposed car parts and by using the creativity and craftsmanship of marginalized local workers, they transform the discarded parts into pieces of high-quality and inspiring art.

Where is the business based?
Hong Kong

What do they sell?
They sell amazing art from scrapped car parts.

Why do we like them?
We really like projects that save waste going to landfill. Re-using car parts for art is a great idea and a unique way of engaging marginalised members of the community.

To find out more visit their website: CLICK

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November's social enterprise of the month

20/11/2017

Search the internet, plant trees, simple!

October's social enterprise of the month

23/10/2017

Creative spaces in unusual places....

September's social enterprise of the month

11/10/2017

This month we fly off to Japan, its a good one!!

August's social enterprise of the month

22/8/2017

We are heading back to Austrialia for August's social enterprise of the month.

Where young people get 'entrepreneurial' early.....

July's social enterprise of the month!

13/7/2017

We are coming right back home to Plymouth - the world’s first ‘Social Enterprise City’ - for July’s social enterprise of the month. We are going for the beach cleaning, plastic recycling, product making, inspired social enterprise.

Nurdle. Great name!

Lets go Nurdling.....

June's social enterprise of the month

12/6/2017

'We are heading back to Australia for this months social enterprise of the month.
BeeKeeper makes products that cause no environmental harm.

May's social enterprise(ish) of the month

16/5/2017

Whilst searching for Father’s Day present inspiration for the two awesome men in my life I happened across our Social Enterprise of the Month for May and was thoroughly charmed by them (like a blushing young heroine in a PG Wodehouse novel!).

April's social enterprise of the month

13/4/2017

Move over Mr Muscle! This month we head to Malaysia and to the world of cleaning products. The Truly Loving Company (TLC) sells kitchen cleaners, fabric washes, dishwasher liquid, toilet cleaners, glass polishers and more. And the amazing thing - 100% of TLC's dividends are given to a range of charities. The products are biodegradable, based on plant-based ingredients, affordable and not tested on animals.

March's social enterprise of the month

15/3/2017

This month we head to Bristol to showcase Bristol Together, a CIC who support ex-offenders through the refurbishment of houses.

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