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Recovery and social enterprise Ruth Campbell, Comas
• Employability and recovery• Services and sustainability•Recovery and
entrepreneurship
Social + Enterprise
• Social enterprise: businesses that trade to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances, or the environment. They make their money from selling goods and services in the open market, but they reinvest their profits back into the business or the local community.
Social + Enterprise
Social Firms: market-led enterprises set up specifically to create good quality jobs for people disadvantaged in the labour market.
“ ‘businesses that support’ rather than ‘projects that trade’”
Social + Enterprise
Work integration social enterprises: improve employment prospects of people severely disadvantaged in the labour market though a range of work-based opportunities.
Follow the money – support for start upFollow the money – start up
Follow the money – subsidy / core funding
Follow the money – profit
Recovery and Employability
Profit model• Low staff numbers• Staff retention• Focus on efficiency:
speed, maximum output
• Quality and consistency
Employability model• Payment per head• Throughput• Short term experience
Support model• High support staff• Community• Authentic
The café
Social connections
Access to support and facilities (e.g. computers)
Learning opportunities
Personal development
Arts programme
Volunteering by community members
Community membership by community members
EADP: rent
Café Profit
Trusts and donations
Other trading
Serenity Café Enterprise
• Work integration social enterprise• Enterprise drives operations• Café roles and accreditation• Community roles and accreditation• 43 volunteers• 280 hours a week to run the café
Serenity Café Enterprise
• External room hire / catering• Public / tourist customvs• A place to be• Synergies with community programme
Developing a social enterprise
• Train the support staff• Think long term• Choose your business carefully• Be ready to ride out cash flow issues• Campaign vociferously for better recognition
of the role of community-based work integration social enterprises.
Future of Social Enterprise and Recovery
• Welfare Reform• Recession• Educate funders and commissioners
Recovery and Entrepreneurship
• Micro enterprise• Self employment• ‘Recovery market’ is growing