Social Enterprise Day was all about celebrating inspiring social media entrepreneurs. Social Enterprise Day was part of Make Your Mark: Change Lives, a campaign to inspire young people to use enterprising ideas for social and environmental change.
Social Enterprise Photography Competition
The Social Enterprise Coalition launched a national competition across England to find the best photographs that show how social enterprise is transforming lives.
What is a social enterprise?
A social enterprise is a business with aims which are primarily social or environmental and whose surpluses are ploughed back into the business or community.
What makes a successful social entrepreneur?
According to Craig Dearden-Phillips – founder and chief executive of Speaking Up and UK Social Enterprise Ambassador – there are ten common features that make up a successful social entrepreneur. Here are just a few:
- Powerful values: Successful people in social enterprise tend to be highly principled.
- Focus: It’s important to settle for a handful of big-ticket goals for the short and medium term.
- First-class networking skills: If you should succeed, you better be a consummate networker, like all the other social entrepreneurs.