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before we begin . ... tell me what you think . ... are the biggest issues impacting the local community services sector ... are the main causes of social exclusion in the Australian community ... are the greatest social injustice issues facing our world. now tell me .

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  1. before we begin ... ... tell me what you think ... • ... are the biggest issues impacting the local community services sector • ... are the main causes of social exclusion in the Australian community • ... are the greatest social injustice issues facing our world

  2. now tell me ... • why are you doing this course? • what do you hope to achieve?

  3. social enterprise 101 Michael Maxwell ** SEWF09 Depilex, Pakistan

  4. Sometimes you have to bloom where you’re planted One size does not fit all Sometimes the door you find, is not the one you expect You can definitely do more than people think you can

  5. one answer is ‘social enterprise’ • what is ‘social enterprise’? • why the interest in social enterprise? • what does it mean for us?

  6. what is a social enterprise? • social purpose is the principal driver of activity; • social purpose is achieved primarily through entrepreneurial and/or trading activity; • organisational sustainability is a core objective; • surplus is reinvested in enterprise or the community; • accountability to the ‘society’ whose benefit it seeks.

  7. what is a social enterprise? social enterprises are not new ... • Op shops • Co-operatives • Supported employment • Sevenhill • Jesuit Social Services • Abbotsford Biscuits • Mount Druitt Community Enterprise Hub • ... ** SEWF09 Pack It, UK ** SEWF09 Divine Chocolate, UK

  8. why the sudden interest in SE? • government policy • Office of the Third Sector (UK) • Australian Government Jobs Fund #2 • a sectoral response to economic rationalism • the corporatisation of welfare agencies • the need for alternate income streams • the rise of the ‘social entrepreneur’ • ... and support networks • a newly rekindled community spirit • the growing recognition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

  9. what does it mean for us? • Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day • Teach a man to fish and he can feed himself • Transform the fishing industry, and the man can: • Choose a job • Feed and clothe his family • Educate his children • Get a house • Join a community • Choose what he will eat (it may not be fish) • Live with dignity Prof MuhummadYunus

  10. social enterprise is about transformation • Empowerment • Individuals (Pack It, KOTO) • Community (Divine Chocolate, Jesuit Social Services) • Asset Based Community Development • Innovation • Entrepreneurs (Michael Young, Alicia Martin) Alicia SSE Video

  11. We may not know the passages our lives will take, but what journeys they will be!

  12. some quotes ‘In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it.’ (Marianne Williamson) ‘Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.’ (The Dalai Lama)‘What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.’ (Harold Kushner) 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.'(Margaret Mead) 'Whatever you can do, or think you can do, just do it. Boldness has power and genius in it.' (Goethe)

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