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"Seeing is believing" say Social Enterprise Ambassadors | Promoting social enterprise involvement in the Olympic Legacy | International governments visit ambassador and mentoring scheme gets underway |
14 September 2010 | 29 July 2010 | 29 June 2010 |
The Social Enterprise Ambassadors last night called for a ‘Seeing is Believing’ approach to social enterprise at an event in central London to celebrate the completion of the three-year Programme. | The ambassadors’ efforts to get social enterprises involved in the 2012 Olympics have continued this month along with activity designed to promote social enterprise amongst young people | Another busy week for the Social Enterprise Ambassadors as they host overseas visits and use the benefit of their expertise to support new and emerging social entrepreneurs. |
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Election fever, hot new products, and sharing expertise | Meeting corporates and international knowledge sharing | P3 tops list of Best Companies to Work For |
25 April 2010 | 1 April 2010 | 11 March 2010 |
With the election campaign well underway the Ambassadors have been voicing what they want to see from political parties, as well as visiting social enterprise projects all over the country to share their expertise. | The Ambassadors reached out to share their knowledge and expertise with some high fliers in the corporate world, as well as budding social entrepreneurs the world over. | P3 wins the title of 'Best Company to Work For' from the The Sunday Times - Read all about what makes P3 a great place to work in this article by the The Times. |
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Addressing huge audiences, agenda setting and crucial work with schools | HCT Group set to expand using £5million 'social loan | Coutts CEO says job swap with ambassador was ‘An education’ |
26 February 2010 | 22 February 2010 | 16 February 2010 |
Voice10 marked the start of a busy month for the Ambassadors who attended a range of speaking events at which they shared their expertise and worked to spread the message of social enterprise to politicians, civil servants and young people. | HCT Group, the community transport social enterprise run by Dai Powell, has secured support from social investors to help it buy more vehicles and recruit new staff. | The head of major private bank, Coutts, has said he discovered “a whole new world” through taking part in a ‘job swap’ with ambassador Nigel Kershaw, head of Big Issue Invest. |
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Ambassador's work pays off as O2 announces commitment to social enterprise | More social enterprise for the new decade, as ambassadors get off to a busy start | Inspiring business leaders, public services campaign hits its stride, and lots of media coverage |
2 February 2010 | 28 January 2010 | 15 December 2009 |
Ambassador Sam Conniff's work to get telecoms company 02 supporting social enterprise has paid off, after the company announced plans to introduce a bespoke business package for social enterprises at Voice 10 in Cardiff yesterday. | The Ambassadors have started the new year with a renewed commitment to spreading the word about social enterprise. In schools and universities, with government ministers and big business - the Ambassadors are taking the message far and wide for 2010. | Once again the Ambassadors have been out and about spreading the word about social enterprise to diverse audiences including small business owners, young people and civil servants.
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Ambassadors’ experience matches positive research findings | Social Enterprise Day, job swaps and spreading the word... | The Guardian, Google, and growing social enterprises... |
19 November 2009 | 16 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 |
Research published by Social Enterprise Coalition on 19th November revealed that the future looks bright for the industry, with social enterprises proving to be recession-busting. The optimistic findings match the recent experiences of many of the Social Enterprise Ambassadors. | It’s Social Enterprise Day this Thursday and there’s a buzz in the air. It’s a massive opportunity for the ambassadors to ignite and grow the country’s love for social enterprise. Find out what they've got planned and what they've been up to over the past couple of weeks. | It’s been another busy couple of weeks, with ambassadors reaching impressive heights in their mission to influence national and also, international, audiences. |
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First investors back Big Issue Invest fund with £1.75m | Belu water features in this week's TIME magazine | |
18 August 2009 | 7 August 2009 | |
The new £10m Big Issue Invest fund, led by Social Enterprise Ambassador Nigel Kershaw, has just announced funding from two big investors. | Social Enterprise Ambassador Reed Paget and his bottled water company Belu take centre stage in this week's TIME magazine, in a special feature about entrepreneurial heroes. | |
