Hidden Social Enterprises
Delta Economics and IFF Research
11th March 2010, 12.30-7.30pm
Goodenough College,
Mecklenburgh Square
London WC1N 2AB
Delta Economics and IFF Research are proud to announce the launch of their first report looking at the social enterprise sector in the UK. The research isolates the companies within a sample of 2,120 for-profit, growth-oriented entrepreneurs who conform to a broad and a narrow definition of social enterprise. They are the "Hidden Social Enterprises" in the UK who create economic, social and environmental value simultaneously. The report compares them with "mainstream" enterprises in terms of their economic and social/environmental performance, their motivations and the challenges they face.
Speakers include Rebecca Harding (Managing Director, Delta Economics), Steve Lomax (Director, IFF Research), Vicky Pryce (Joint Head of UK Government Economic Services and Chief Economic Adviser, BIS), Renate Hornung-Draus (Managing Director, German Employers' Federation), John Elkington (Founder, Volans), Andrea Coleman, Founder, Riders for Health, Duncan Grossart (Founder and former CEO of Image Source), Jonathan Jenkins (Director of Ventures, UnLtd), Richard Litchfield (Managing Director, Eastside Consulting), Representative from NESTA, (TBC), and Allison Ogden-Newton (Social Enterprise London)
AGENDA
12.30-14.00: Workshop registration and lunch
14.00-16.00: Identifying and Benchmarking social enterprises: the measurement challenges led by Steve Lomax and Rebecca Harding, this will be a technical workshop on the challenges of definition, data collection and measurement
16.00-16.30: Launch registration and coffee
16.30-17.30: Report launch: Rebecca Harding with responses from Renate Hornung-Draus, John Elkington and Duncan Grossart, chaired by Vicky Pryce. Q&A
17.30-18.15: Social Enterprise at the coal face: Panel discussion on the support needs and growth challenges of social entrepreneurs led by Richard Litchfield, NESTA (TBC), Allison Ogden-Newton, Jonathan Jenkins and Steve Lomax chaired by Vicky Pryce
18.15-18.30: Social Enterprise in Action: Andrea Coleman, Founder, Riders for Health
18.30-19.30: Drinks and reception
This event is free to attend, but please register your attendance at http://www.hiddensocialenterprises.eventbrite.com
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