Social Enterprise Development

About the Project
Project Outline 2012
Project Outline 2011
Project Outline 2010

Partners

http://www.eef.org.ua/index.php?lang=en   http://www.erstebank.ua   http://www.pwc.com/ua/en/index.jhtml   http://www.irf.ua/   http://www.ufpp.gov.ua/

Social Enterprise Development

Social Enterprise Development is a British Council project in Ukraine and across the world. Its main purpose is to promote social entrepreneurship as an effective way to conduct business for social purpose and help social entrepreneurs in Ukraine set up their own companies by providing legal, consultancy and financial support.

Social businesses have been successfully running in many countries worldwide. The UK now has an estimated 60,000 social enterprises, ranging from organisations training unemployed people to social care services and even community-owned inns!

The project partners in Ukraine are East Europe Foundation, Erste Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ukrainian Fund of Support to Entrepreneurship and International Renaissance Foundation.

What is social enterprise?

Social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives whose profits are directed mainly at self-development, public affairs or resolving social problems. Such companies operate as business organisations do and generate profit, therefore they are non-charity. Social entrepreneurship is dynamically growing in European countries now, addressing unemployment, social protection and social inclusion. In particular, there are over 50,000 social enterprises only in the UK.

Being entrepreneurial is much more than just doing a deal. It’s also about creating the ideal: empowering your community and solving social problems.
For more info read an article by UK expert Christine Forrester (PDF, 32 Kb).

Useful links

Social Enterprise UK – a national body for social enterprise; research, information, knowledge sharing, networks and more
Community Action Network (CAN) – one of the UK's leading organisations for the development, promotion and support of social entrepreneurs and social enterprises; it also runs its own social enterprise – CAN Mezzanines – shared office spaces for Third Sector organisations
Local Livelihoods – a social enterprise with consultants who have been active in the development and social economy field in the UK since the early 1980s; core expertise is individual capacity building and organisational strengthening
School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) – provides training and opportunities to enable people to use their creative and entrepreneurial abilities more fully for social benefit
i-Genius Academy – world community of social entrepreneurs which inspires a new generation of social innovators, social business and social enterprise; it helps people promote their work, ideas and passion
Social Enterprise Training and Support – the UK’s one-stop marketplace for social enterprise training and support
The Young Foundation – brings together insights, innovation and entrepreneurship to meet social needs; it has a track record of over 50 years success
Social Enterprise Support Centre, Donetsk – created on the basis of SESP organisation; a support structure for social enterprises in Donetsk region of Ukraine; it is a platform for accumulating knowledge and success of social enterprise
Social Enterprise Development Centre, Lviv – created on the basis of Sokal Agency of Regional Development; a support structure for social enterprises in Lviv region; promotes the concept and successful experience of social enterprise in the region
GURT Resource Centre - the leading national centre for societal information and expertise

Being part of Social Enterprise Development means your social enterprise can be part of a growing international network. Join the British Council’s Skills for Social Entrepreneurs online platform that will connect you with other social-minded people. Registration is free!

Contact us

Lyudmila Tatsenko
Project Manager

British Council
International Humanitarian University
33 Fontanskaya Doroga, room 107
Odesa 65009
Telephone +380 48 718-81-19/39
lyudmila.tatsenko@britishcouncil.org.ua

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