Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Social Enterprise Summit – ‘The future of busi...
Event Information
Description
PSE CIC is proud to announce that Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin has been awarded Social Enterprise Place status by SEUK, the national body for social enterprises – joining a network of pioneering hotspots around the UK and the world!
Join us to celebrate this national award, with key note speakers, a workshop and networking! Must attend event for third sector, local authorities, businesses both large and small!
Social Enterprise Places are areas where social enterprise activity is thriving. The award and programme aims to promote, raise awareness, and build the markets for social enterprise at a local and national level. The event will include:
Official launch of Social Enterprise Place status
Key note speakers including:
- Peter Holbrook, CEO, Social Enterprise UK
- Shaun Davies, Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council
- Dr Julian Povey, NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group:Social Prescribing is being implemented across Shropshire, Dr Povey explains what this means for local social enterprises?
- Social Enterprise stories: Hear from some exemplar social enterprises including Dr Judith Wester from Cedar CIC.
- Measuring social impact workshop with Heidi Fisher: This workshop will show you how you can measure and evidence what social impact you are really achieving, and what you need to do to continually improve. Heidi is a specialist in social enterprise and social impact. She has worked with hundreds of social enterprises, CICs and charities over the past 20 years.
- Collaborative Working workshop: This workshop will be facilitated by Dr Judith Wester and a panel of experienced social enterprise and private business collaborators. The panel will share with you their experiences of collaborative working and also challenge you to think about how you can work more closely with other organisations, for mutual benefit.
Places limited and it will be £10 + VAT for all sessions
Registration begins at 10am.
For those interested in exhibiting please email Nicky Kent at socialheartcic@gmail.com