Partners
The Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) is the UK's national body for social enterprise and is the voice for the sector, supporting and representing the work of its members, who include a wide range of social enterprises, regional and national support networks and other related organisations. SEC is the project lead and is responsible for overall delivery of the Ambassadors programme.
www.socialenterprise.org.uk
hanover is a corporate communications consultancy run by Charles Lewington, with clients from the public, private and charitable sectors. hanover provides the media and communications services for the programme.
www.hanovercomms.com
Media Training Masterclasses has an excellent reputation for delivering accelerated leadership communication training in public speaking, business presentations and media interviews to senior executives in national and global organisations. MTM provides media training for the Ambassadors.
www.media-training-masterclasses.co.uk
new economics foundation (nef) is a think-and-do tank that focuses on social, environmental and economic sustainability - putting people and planet first. nef has created the evaluation framework for the Ambassadors programme.
www.neweconomics.org
School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) runs tailored support and development programmes for social entrepreneurs to start and lead organisations for social benefit. The franchise today consists of nine SSE schools around the UK, and there are over 400 SSE Fellows. SSE established and manages the ambassadors’ blogs, delivers training, assists with the campaigns, and provides general advisory support across the programme.
www.sse.org.uk
Society Media is a communications and design agency, which specialises in working with organisations striving to deliver social change. The company provides ongoing communications, design and editorial support, including branding, website content and communications strategy. Society Media also publishes Social Enterprise Magazine, the national magazine for the sector, which will supports the programme with regular articles and columns.
www.societymedia.co.uk
www.socialenterpriselive.com
?What If! is the world's largest independent innovation company. They help clients to innovate through projects and have been involved in the creative process of the ambassadors programme. Since 2002 the ?What If! Foundation has been supporting leading social entrepreneurs and working to make the world more conducive to social entrepreneurship. ?What If! assist with training, events, and arranging targeted meetings for the Ambassadors programme.
www.whatifinnovation.com
The Ambassadors programme is funded and actively supported by the Office for Civil Society (OCS). The programme was originally announced in the government's Social Enterprise Action Plan, published in November 2006. The programme remains a central part of OCS’ work with social enterprise.
As part of the Cabinet Office, OCS leads work across government to support the environment for a thriving third sector (voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, charities, cooperatives and mutuals), enabling the sector to campaign for change, deliver public services, promote social enterprise and strengthen communities.
It is worth noting that, though this is a government-funded programme, the Ambassadors are not representatives of the government, but broadly representative of the social enterprise movement.
