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As we celebrated the end of the Ambassadors programme last night in London I was feeling that there is major opportunity for social enterprise right now and one which we really shouldn't miss. As Martin Kinsella from P3 put it "now is the time".  And so I'm now raring to go again, and to make sure that whilst the official programme may have ended, now is the time to forge ahead and support lots of new ambassadors across all social enterprise and across the whole country. After al...

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Social Enterprises here in the UK should be exceptionally proud of how we have moved into pole position for developing the global movement. It wasn’t so long ago that people learning about best practice and development of social enterprises would almost always turn to the USA for their learning and to see great examples of social enterprise in action.   This is no longer the case, and developments like the Social Enterprise Mark have meant a further leap-frog into the future where the ...

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As part of our new series providing advice and insights on social enterprise, Julie Harris talks about what got her started and her top tips for others starting-up... My experiences of working in the public sector had led me to believe that there had to be a better way of achieving social impact, and my background and experience in helping to run a family business taught me all the skills needed to make COSMIC a success. There’s still so much potential for people to s...

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I didn’t get where I am today without my Mentors! I’ve relied on the support and strength of many other people over the years of developing COSMIC. Much of the time it has been my Chairman, my colleagues and the Board, but also close family, friends and associates. But there really is something even better about having a mentor who isn’t ‘involved’ and can be completely objective about supporting the decisions we have to make. Some of my mentors have been short-term mentors providin...

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