social enterprise day

wood@aldingbourne host winning students

Three girls from Bournemouth-based Avonbourne School visited wood@aldingbourne last week as their prize for winning a national competition.

Social Firms UK ran the competition as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Avonbourne’s winning idea was to create a leisure/community centre for disabled soldiers returning from conflict which the judges thought was: "…really original, timely and full of potential for turning into a Social Firm."

The prize for the Year 10 students was a visit to Social Firm Wood@aldingbourne which supports adults with learning disabilities into employment. Their range of services includes a collection service, recycled timber, seasonal logs, recycled wooden products, recycled chip fat as fuel and commissions.

2008 Social Enterprise Day: film explaining what a Social Firm is

On 20 November 2008 Social Firms UK commissioned the production of a three minute film to explain what Social Firms are, entitled "Social Firms: successful businesses, empowering employment". 

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2007 Social Enterprise Day: Make Your Mark rap song

In 2007 Social Enterprise Day was on 15 November. To celebrate, Social Firms UK asked social enterprise, Core Arts (www.corearts.co.uk) to produce a song to be disseminated nationally on that day. Michael Clarke and Michael Collingbine recorded the song. Its aim is to bring to the attention of young people that social enterprise can help disadvantaged people.

The single can be still be purchased and downloaded at http://wippit.com/Make_Your_Mark

The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/makeyourmark15Nov

Social Enterprise Day competition 2009

MYMClub logo.jpgCompetition: what type of Social Firm would you set up and why?

 

Schoolchildren from Bournemouth and Manchester win Social Enterprise Day competition.

 

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