Moseley Community Enterprise Awards a competition for young social entrepreneurs.

There are five co-working memberships to be won, each worth over £1000. It’s the perfect place to start a new social enterprise

“A social enterprise is a business that trades to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances or the environment.”

Often it is established in response to a social, environmental or economic problem

 First and foremost it’s a BUSINESS. Engaged in some form of trading, primarily to support a social purpose  Aims to generate surpluses, then reinvested in the business or in the community to deliver social objectives  Not here to maximise profit for shareholders or owners

 Unemployment  Education  Housing  Local transport  Health, disabilities the elderly  The environment / recycling / upcycling  Public services

 Local community organisations and charities  Birmingham City Council  Clinical Commissioning Groups  WM Police  Libraries  Places of Worship  Google / blogs/ twitter

 Send us a two page summary about yourself and any relevant experience.  Submit a project proposal (2000 words maximum) – as MS word document  Your proposal should explain:  the issues you plan to resolve through your social enterprise  what evidence is there that you need to tackle a social problem  your understanding of the market in which you plan to operate  how will your neighbourhood benefit from your project and how you will prove this?  a delivery plan, including financial forecasts

Birmingham City University Research, Innovation and Enterprise

 Birmingham & Solihull Social Economy Consortium  Social Enterprise WM  ISE  Birmingham City Council – enterprise catalyst  Social Enterprise UK  Locality – developing assets  Young Foundation – school for social entrepreneurs