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Listening to the Social Entrepreneur

Listening to the Social Entrepreneur

Thursday, October 09, 2008 from 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (GMT)


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Ticket Type Remaining Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Social Entrepreneur 3 tickets Ended £25.00 £0.00 N/A
Policy Makers, Researchers and Others 5 tickets Ended £45.00 £0.00 N/A
Event Details

Thursday 9th October, 9:30am - 5:30pm
Britiannia Village Hall, 65 Evelyn Road, West Silvertown, London E16 1TU

followed by a drinks reception from 5:30pm-7:30pm



Academics and policy makers have had a lot to say about social enterprises and social entrepreneurs in recent years. It is time that the voice of the practitioners themselves are listened to - their challenges, concerns and opportunities.

The conference will be focused around a series of three interactive workshops - one on each of the conference’s main themes. Each workshop will start with a short presentation and then the floor will be opened up for debate and discussion.


Conference Themes

The Social Entrepreneurial Mindset - is a social entrepreneur just born that way or can those from other sectors transition their organisations to become social enterprises, how do we make that cultural shift and what are the implications, challenges and opportunities that we encounter along the way?

Procurement Versus Market Place Focus - is procurement really a long-term sustainable business model for social enterprise, how do we ride the waves of changing Government priorities and can we survive in the long term, is it time to start moving back to the market place?

The Business Versus Social Goals Debate - just how do we get the balance right without selling out, just how important is social impact measurement and bench marking in helping us achieve our goals?



Key Note Speakers

Kathe McKenna will share the story of Haley House, a well known Social Enterprise in Boston, U.S.A, that works with local people with major barriers to employment and trains them for jobs in the food industry.

Prof. Lars Hulgard the founder of the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Roskilde University in Denmark will speak about the relevance of academic research of the Social Entrepreneurship sector for practitioners.

Zoe Portlock
the founder of Bikeworks, a Social Enterprise based in East London will speak on how academics and policy makers can make better contributions to practicing social entrepreneurs.

George Leahy Director of Research at the Social Enterprise Coalition will introduce the ‘Identity Project’ a movement-led public debate on the language and values that typify social enterprise to articulate an understanding of what it means to be a social enterprise from the grassroots.


Special Discount Rate for Social Entrepreneurs - £25.00

Standard Price - £45.00


Exhibition spaces are available - please contact Bev Meldrum at bev@thetoolfactory.com - special reduced rates for social entrepreneurs.

Attendee List
  • Kirsty Aarden

  • Muhsina Akhtar

  • Polly Akhurst

  • Dinar Ali

  • Thea Allison

  • Maor Bar-Ziv

  • Lise Bisballe

  • Peter Borgers

  • Iris Braun

  • Jan Bros

  • Mike Bull

  • Mavis Buwa

  • kate chappell

  • Graham Collins

  • Kathleen Cronin

  • Tim Curtis

  • Linda Damerell

  • Jane Davey

  • Silas Denyer

  • Chris Durkin

  • Rikke Egaa Jørgensen

  • Joan Egemose Hansen

  • Gillian Fortune

  • Doug Foster

  • Elna Fredsgaard Larsen

  • Naomi Gay

  • Tina Gerling

  • Orli Gorenski

  • Jane Grant

  • Jon Griffith

  • Andrew Hadley

  • Kat Hallock

  • Deniz Hassan

  • loona hazarika

  • Sarah Higgs

  • John Hills

  • Louise Hjulmand Olesen

  • Lars Hulgard

  • Thomas Hye-Knudsen

  • abdillahi ismail

  • Jilla Jamfur

  • Niels Johan Juhl-Nielsen

  • Nicola Jones

  • Richard Kennedy

  • Gladius Kulothungan

  • Dannie Larsen

  • George Leahy

  • Erik Lemcke

  • Linda Lundgaard

  • Judy Lyle

  • Fergus Lyon

  • Edward Mackay

  • Dave Mann

  • Kate Markey

  • Anne Mau

  • Oliver Maxwell

  • Kathe McKenna

  • Bev Meldrum

  • Jason Mollring

  • Emma Mongan

  • Michael Munavu

  • Lone Nielsen

  • Perez Ochieng

  • Joseph Odogwu

  • Charles Oham

  • Martin Otieno

  • Hashmukh Pankahania

  • Hilary Pannack

  • Stephane Parize

  • Maryam Pasha

  • Steve Patalong

  • Eric Pemberton

  • Charlotte Poort

  • Zoe Portlock

  • Dai Powell

  • MJ Ray

  • Rory Ridley-Duff

  • Charlotte Rosenberg

  • Diane Rutter

  • Alice Sampson

  • Dan Shah

  • patrick shine

  • Claire Stewart

  • Bruce Stokes

  • James Strachan

  • Amy Sutton

  • Simon Teasdale

  • Nick Temple

  • Mike Veitch

  • Denise Vergot Holle

  • Katie Waldegrave

  • Henry Warren

  • Peter Watherston

  • Bruce Wood

  • Patricia Worgan

  • toni wright

  • Malik Zahoor Hussain

When

Thursday, October 09, 2008 from 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (GMT)

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Where
Britannia Village Hall
65 Evelyn Road
West Silvertown
London E16 1TU
United Kingdom



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They raise money for social action projects and establish social enterprises to generate income for these projects.

The Action For Africa ball is the first fundraising event they have organised and the money raised will be going to Canaan Care Centres in East London, South Africa who provide day care for children with severe brain injury.

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