News & Events
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Promoting social enterprise involvement in the Olympic Legacy | Winners of the ultimate social enter-prize announced! | HCT Group set to expand using £5million 'social loan |
30 July 2010 | 3 June 2010 | 22 February 2010 |
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 | Twenty-eight individuals with a love of social enterprise have successfully competed to win a two-hour mentoring session with their Social Enterprise Ambassador of choice. | 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. |
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Ambassadors' mentoring competition launches at Voice10 | Social Enterprise Day, job swaps and spreading the word... | The Guardian, Google, and growing social enterprises... |
1 February 2010 | 16 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 |
What can you do in two hours? Watch a film? Catch a tube from one side of London to the other? How about give your business the lift, energy and direction it needs to make big waves? | 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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Angela Smith MP meets the Ambassadors and tours East London social enterprises | Ambassadors website revamped and relaunched | HCT creates 120 jobs |
23 October 2009 | 19 August 2009 | 7 August 2009 |
Third Sector Minister Angela Smith has said she will work with the ambassadors to help commissioners understand social enterprise and to encourage job swaps between mainstream business and social enterprise. | The Social Enterprise Ambassadors programme has been revamped, repackaged and is relaunched today. | Over 120 jobs for young people are being created by social enterprise transport provider HCT Group as a result of the first phase of the Future Jobs Fund. |
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HCT and Turning Point feature in Times article on social enterprise | ||
9 January 2009 | ||
A new Times newspaper article on social enterprise highlights HCT, the community transport operation run by ambassador Dai Powell, and Turning Point - which provides services for people with complex needs and is run by ambassador Lord Victor Adebowale - as great examples of social enterprise. | ||
