Company, Team and Graduate Programmes can be Social Enterprises
Social enterprises are dynamic businesses with a social purpose working all around the UK and internationally to deliver lasting social and environmental change.
Making things happen; social enterprise is about using your skills to make a difference. If you are looking for a career where you can achieve change in your community or innovation nationally, then social enterprise is for you.
According to figures from the Government's Annual Small Business Survey 2005 and existing data for the social enterprise sector, there are at least 55,000 social enterprises in the UK with a combined turnover of £27billion per year. Social enterprises account for 5% of all businesses with employees and contribute £8.4billion per year to the UK economy - almost 1% of annual GDP.
Why Social Enterprise?
You want to change the world!
Social enterprise leaders are passionate about achieving social or environmental aims and this motivates them as much, if not more, than the challenge of running a profitable business in a competitive market.
You’re not just in it for the money!
Owners, leaders and employees of social enterprises can earn a decent living, but the business isn’t used as a vehicle for building personal wealth because the bulk of profits are reinvested into furthering social aims.
You do things differently!
Social enterprises often break with conventional business models to find new, more sustainable ways of improving the world around them. Wherever there's a social or environmental need, social enterprises are working on solutions.
