Make Your Mark: Change Lives

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Make Your Mark Change Lives

• Unleashing ideas for Enterprise Week 2008
• Tuesday 1 July 2008

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• Social enterprise (SE) gaining increasing
  prominence
• Office of the Third Sector (OTS) Minister,
  Phil Hope
• Created May 2006
• Director General Campbell Robb
• Deputy Director (SE Finance) Hilary Norman
• National Infrastructure made up of
• Social Enterprise Coalition policy
  developments, lobbying government etc
• Regional infrastructure e.g. SEEM, RISE, SEL,
  NESEP
• Other national, regional local organisations
  (Development Trusts Association DTA, Co-ops
  UK, Social Firms UK, Supporters Direct)
• North East Social Enterprise Partnership
• Various definitions of SE

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SE Definition Social enterprises are defined as
businesses with primarily social objectives
whose surpluses are principally reinvested for
that purpose in the business or community, rather
than being driven by the need to maximise profit
for shareholders and owners From
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/social_enter
prise/background.aspx
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The Make Your Mark Change Lives Campaign
How to get involved!
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The Make Your Mark Change Lives Campaign
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Trailblazers DVD
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• Social Enterprise Day Thursday 20th November
• Audience Young people, social enterprises and
  the wider community
• Theme
• Unleashing young peoples enterprising ideas to
  address societys biggest issues
• Key Messages
• Inspiring young people to have ideas for social
  and environmental change
• Social enterprise is one way to solve societys
  biggest issues
• Building on the theme issues and audiences
• Water (climate change, water shortage,
  irrigation)
• Social Enterprise as a career
• Awareness and understanding of social enterprise
  
• How innovative business models can affect change

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• Social Enterprise Day Thursday 20th November
• Signature Activities
• Water based challenge focusing on schools and
  colleges whereby young people receive a case of
  ethical water and see how much profit they
  generate (global and national, 11 to 19)
• Social Enterprise Coalition photography / film /
  writing competition for social enterprises and
  the communities who benefit from them (regional
  and national, social enterprises and 3rd Sector)
• Single-issue campaign aimed at raising awareness
  with wider community (national, wider society)
• Other activities
• Link your event to Speednetwork the Globe
• Upload or attempt to tackle a challenge that is
  posted on the Unleash It! website

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• Next steps
• Check out the new Enterprise Week website
  www.enterpriseweek.org.uk
• Ideas banks (activity suggestions, inspiring
  stories, lesson plans etc)
• Log in and register events from 1st August
• Contact local school, college, university (SIFE
  www.SIFE.org.uk) to run joint activities
• Contact local social enterprise North East
  Social Enterprise Partnership should be able to
  point you in the right direction www.nesep.co.uk
  
• Also visit the following websites for more
  information
• www.makeyourmarkchangelives.org.uk
• www.socialenterprise.org.uk
• www.unltdworld.org.uk
• Contact Phil Tulba, Social Enterprise
  Campaigner, phil_at_makeyourmark.org.uk