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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£272.4K
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Spending
£292.9K
Public benefits
3.1.1 The direct benefits that flow from this include increased understanding and awareness of social enterprise as a model which creates and promotes social value and promotion of improved strategy and informed policy in relation to social enterprise development. Further direct benefits that will flow from this include increased awareness of
social enterprises and how they can market their social impact leading to creation of jobs, enhancing the skills and development of local people, regeneration of buildings as community hubs and trading spaces. 3.1.2 The benefits that will flow from this will be increased community engagement and cohesion, promotion of social investment as a mechanism for growth, creating jobs and rejuvenating buildings and areas of dereliction, providing assets that are used for community benefit. Communities will understand that social enterprise are local by default, benefit their communities, develop local people and their skills and use their profits to ensure there is direct benefit to the community. 3.1.3 The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include promotion of individual capabilities, competences, skills and understanding of social enterprise, enabling them to achieve accredited qualifications, and/or to build the capacity of their organisations to become more sustainable and enterprising. We are supporting the creation of a new generation of social entrepreneurs who will be committed to investing their energies and profits into their communities for public benefit. Our work will encourage people to see social enterprise as a viable career option and to enable succession planning in more mature organisations. Benefits are evidenced through feedback from beneficiaries and stakeholders. This purpose does not give rise to any harm. The beneficiaries of this purpose are people living in Northern Ireland. A private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training in good governance, finance etc. through this training trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These skills are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to the beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Social Enterprise NI is the representative body for social enterprises across Northern Ireland. We are an independent, member-led organisation and the gateway to Social Enterprises in Northern Ireland. The central meeting place for collaboration, sectorial development, and sharing information and best practice. We aim to unite and promote Social
Enterprises and their supporters into a strong campaigning force acting as the first point of contact for the media and the public, promoting a positive vision for social enterprise. We provide a range of services including training, networking events, policy and lobbying, research representing the sector on working groups, building supply chains and promoting our members. We support our members to trade to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances, or the environment. To support them to make their money from selling goods and services, but they reinvesting their profits back into the business or community for social good.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Homelessness
- Learning disabilities
- Physical disabilities
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Research/evaluation
- Rural development
- Urban development
- Youth development
