Here is a link about the Shoreditch Grandprix, a race for social enterprise and charities … a race to raise the most money … and then for the top 30 fundraisers … a race on kids trikes for the prize!!!
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Shoreditch_Grandprix_for_Social_Enterprise_and_Charity
“Racing kids trikes around the streets of good ol’ London Town … Shoreditch to be precise, […]
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Today, socially-minded, non-profit, MESOMOCO CIC launches its first service: a powerful, free, self-help, online social network for the mental health community. Called NET.mesomoco.org.uk, this ‘gated-community’ was set up to support mental health sufferers, carers and other socially-minded organisations, such as the mental health registered charities.
It is hoped that NET.mesomoco.org.uk will enable people in the mental […]
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What is the problem you are working to solve?
Fact: people suffering with long-term and chronic conditions are doubling every ten years. Added to this is the increase in an ageing population particularly in rural areas. This means that health and social care services will be overstretched and people will be encouraged to, and often want […]
The Problem:
art + power seeks to realise the empowering potential of the arts for disabled and socially excluded people (particularly disabled people with learning difficulties). We cannot do this effectively without developing structures that enable disabled people to develop independent living and employability.
How we will do this:
By combining the concepts of cultural capital and a […]
What is the problem you are working to solve?
Existing services are failing to deliver the outcomes vulnerable young care leavers require. It is during the transitional period from school to work that young care leavers are most vulnerable as their poor academic attainment, lack of work experience and low self-esteem puts them at a […]
1. What is the problem you are trying to solve?
The massive employment dilemma faced by mental distress sufferers, and people with a history of mental health problems. Th social exclusion faced by these people, and the resulting loss of indepence, the spiral down towards vulnerability that this causes, the related other risks of joblessness, debt, […]
Social enterprise is at its best when its focus is the people working for it. That, in my book, was the common theme at this year’s Enterprising Solutions awards. Amongst the award-winners and nominees - Divine Chocolate, who offer a fair deal for cocoa farmers whilst successfully building a business in such a highly competitive […]
