Community Engagement in Social Enterprises

Social enterprise exists on a continuum that blends a market approach with a mission that helps the community and environment. It operates by providing goods and services for the market in an entrepreneurial and innovative fashion and uses its profits primarily to achieve social ... Community interest companies ( CICs ) · a 'community interest statement', explaining what your business plans to do · an 'asset lock'- a legal promise stating ... In pursuit of their missions, social enterprises face a variety of business-like challenges well understood by business schools. Through the CSEE program ... A social enterprise has two goals: to achieve social, cultural, community economic and/or environmental outcomes; and, to earn revenue. In this paper, we argue that social enterprise could represent a means of tackling rural challenges of providing sustainable economic development. Legal structures for a social enterprise · a private company limited by guarantee or shares · a cooperative society · a community benefit society · a charitable ... Social enterprises are businesses with a social or environmental purpose, and whose profits are re-invested into fulfilling their mission. Social Enterprise Schools ... In 2007, we launched Social Enterprise Schools in Scotland, and since then we have worked with 55,000 young people in 7 countries ... The Social Enterprise Ecosystem (SEE) offers one-on-one professional business coaching to social enterprises — mission driven for-profits and nonprofits that ...