1. The School for Social Entrepreneurs + the landscape for UK social enterprise David McGlashan

2. Social Enterprise in the UK
I’m going to cheat
The definitive guide to the state of the
social enterprise sector in the UK
containing data on turnover, scale,
who social enterprises employ, where
they operate, who they trade with,
pay ratios and more.
Published every two years.

3. Social enterprise in the UK
(Stats from SEUK)
Approx 70,000 in the UK (v 52,000 pubs)
40% are < 5 years old
Turnover ~ £150,000 & half are profitable
28% are in the most deprived communities. 69% support people from disadvantaged groups and 44% employ them.
Diversity champions:
41% are led by women
34% have BAME directors
36% have directors with disabilities

4. About SSE 12 schools (UK, India, Canada)
Work with social entrepreneurs a year to start,
sustain and scale social enterprises and social sector
organisations
We believe: you can’t teach entrepreneurship, but you can learn it
by doing and from peers and practitioners
In a nutshell - we do learning differently

5. How we have supported refugee organisations
Indirectly – Fellowship Programme / Lloyds Social Entrepreneurs Programme
Directly – e.g SSE Local (through partner organisations)

6. Our experience
Social enterprises are particularly transformative when led by individuals from the community they serve, with first-hand experience of the problem they seek to address.
Despite significantly expanding the number of social entrepreneurs we work with, our outreach into certain communities has not been as wide.
Lack of awareness of SSE
Language
Not identifying as a social entrepreneur

7. Partnership is key: Partners act as familiar faces + points of contact, providing first hand guidance and support.

8. SSE Local Taster sessions: 40 participants in total
1 held in the borough of Newham (community partner – Shpresa Programme),
1 held in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea (community partner – Clement James Centre)
People feel encouraged and inspired to explore the possibility of becoming a social entrepreneur, and making changes in their community
Three day pre-start up programme: 20 participants in total
Over a two-month period in their local communities.
Participants acquire the confidence and skills required, to explore the possibility of starting their own social enterprise.
SSE Fellowship programme
Open recruitment process
Social entrepreneurs will be learning alongside and able to network with other social entrepreneurs from different backgrounds.

9. Finally … Match Trading
SSE realised that we are part of a problem, offering grants in a manner which did not align with social ventures trading aspirations
Reward social enterprises for increasing their trading/‘earned’ income
Grants paid out £ for £ against an uplift in trading income

10. Questions?