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Together Works Greater Manchester Social Enterprise Network

Together Works Greater Manchester Social Enterprise Network. # GMSocEnt @ TogetherWorks. Schedule. Introduce the team & Together Works Feedback from our membership survey Our current programmes Social ‘Supermarket-Sweep’! Talk by Chris Dabbs of Unlimited Potential Networking. The Team.

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Together Works Greater Manchester Social Enterprise Network

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  1. Together WorksGreater Manchester Social Enterprise Network #GMSocEnt @TogetherWorks

  2. Schedule • Introduce the team & Together Works • Feedback from our membership survey • Our current programmes • Social ‘Supermarket-Sweep’! • Talk by Chris Dabbs of Unlimited Potential • Networking

  3. The Team • Ben Crouch • Oisín Share • Beth Powell

  4. Together Works • Co-operative CIC Structure • Membership open to all social enterprises in Greater Manchester • Associate members • Verified Ethical Providers (VEP) • One member - one vote

  5. Our Directors • Caroline Downey, MERCi • Jonathan Atkinson, Open-Space • Dave Dawes, Unlimited Potential • Meet monthly

  6. TW Membership Survey • 74% of surveyed members are concerned about their income. • 35% identified one of their primary concerns as managing growth and responding to increased demand. • 57% of surveyed members cited expansion as a likely opportunity in the next 12 months. • 43% of surveyed members identify new partnerships and opportunities for collaboration as a key opportunity in the coming 12 months.

  7. What our members want from us • Providing Social Enterprise relevant news and information:- active online social networking environment & e-newsletter- opportunities for networking- developing partnerships & social supply chains • Promoting Social Enterprise in Greater Manchester, and providing a Social Enterprise Sector thought-leadership role & voice for the city-region. • Providing practical sector-specific support and training such as on impact and social value reporting, income generation strategy, sustainable funding, product development and marketing & communication.

  8. How we are going to do this • Membership recruitment • Communications plan • Networking events • Training workshops • Delivering programmes • Thought leadership • Developing our strategic vision on July 22nd

  9. Social Investment Programme Transforming Local Infrastructures in Manchester: • Traffic Light Tool • Online Information Hub • Social Investment ‘Dragons Den’ Event - 10th September • Funders Fair - 13th September

  10. Supporting Community Initiatives Programme (SCIP) • Awards-for-All funded programme • 20 groups with community enterprise ideas • 8 bespoke workshops • mentors & coaching • Invitation to pitch at the ‘Dragon’s Den’ event for investor feedback

  11. Strategic Partnerships • Building Bridges – Supporting ex-offenders back into work • AddVentures – Start-up social venture support hub

  12. Social SupermarketSweep! Add the items (skills, resources, capabilities, etc.) to the shopping baskets that are vital to organisations of each size. • Start-ups • Small/medium enterprises • Fast-growing enterprises • Established enterprises

  13. Chris Dabbs

  14. Challenge, Currents, Connections Chris Dabbs Unlimited Potential “Making the world a happier and healthier place to live.” 16

  15. Unlimited Potential • social enterprise • specialises in social innovation • national leader table for impact measurement (SE100 Index) • GM Chamber of Commerce Innovation Award 2011 • Innovation Award – Salford Business Awards 2012 17

  16. 21st Century challenges • health • education • care • climate change • growing inequality • social / family breakdown • major crime • ageing population • economic change – approach, geography 18

  17. Current momentum 19

  18. Opportunities • GM historical foundations • GM experience in science, technology, media, learning • Co-operatives UK, Design Council, NESTA, RSA, Young Foundation • Public Services (Social Value) Act • austerity and innovation 20

  19. Value of social enterprise • Freedom of enterprise • In(ter)dependent • More than profit • Reinvest profit 21

  20. Connections • thinkers, creators, designers, activists need … • ‘connectors’ – brokers, entrepreneurs and institutions that link people, ideas, money and power 22

  21. ACTIVE networking – but not just with each other • “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” (Dale Carnegie) • “Eighty per cent of success is showing up.” (Woody Allen) 23

  22. Thank you Any questions? 24

  23. “The higher the hammer is raised the greater the blow”

  24. Thank you! • #GMSocEnt • @TogetherWorks

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