School for Social Entrepreneurs is launched in Liverpool
Howard Lake | 26 September 2006 | News
* New school to aid business in the creation of local wealth and jobs
* Talent to be tapped through training and mentoring
* Launch event with interview and picture opportunities
A BRAND new school is to be launched in Liverpool this Wednesday (27 September 2006) teaching students how to help regenerate the areas in which they live and reap the benefits.
The Liverpool School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) will be the latest addition to the network of schools around the UK, and provide opportunities for would-be social entrepreneurs across the city to develop both themselves and their organisations.
The SSE is supported by Liverpool City Council and Business Liverpool and will be operated in partnership with existing local agencies. The first year-long programme will begin in November with its first cohort of students from around the city. Each individual will be establishing or leading a social enterprise in Liverpool.
Those speaking at the event, to be held at renowned social enterprise Blackburne House between 12 -2pm, include Councillor Flo Clucas, executive member for economic development and Europe, and Nick Temple, Network Director of the School for Social Entrepreneurs.
The launch will begin with a speed networking event co-ordinated by Enterprise Insight, in keeping with the spirit of opportunity and action that the day involves.
Mike Taylor, chief executive of BusinessLiverpool said the establishing of a School for Social Entrepreneurs in Liverpool was further proof that business is finding roots in all parts of the city.
He said: “The School for Social Entrepreneurs’ network of local schools and its national fellowship is delivering social benefit and spreading well-being throughout the country. We’re very pleased that it has chosen Liverpool as its next partner community.
“We believe that there is a wealth of talent and goodwill lying untapped in Liverpool, which social entrepreneurship can unlock for the benefit of all. This new partnership is another example of the public and social enterprise sectors combining in innovative ways to change the city for the better while creating new jobs and local wealth.”
The programme will prioritise social entrepreneurs from Walton, Dovecot, Granby and Netherley.
Cllr Clucas has long been an advocate of bringing the SSE to Liverpool: “What we are trying to do with the launch of the School for Social Entrepreneurs is to create access to mentoring and training, so people can create true social businesses.
“This will only add to the economic potential of each of these areas. We look forward to our new SSE to invigorate communities, build capacity in the sector and create a new generation of social entrepreneurs who will change the face of their neighbourhoods for good.”
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Note to editors:
The launch will take place at one of the country’s leading social enterprises, Blackburne House (Off Hope Street, Liverpool L8 7PE; 0151 709 4356; www.blackburnehouse.co.uk)
The SSE was founded by serial social entrepreneur Michael Young, who also established the Open University and the Consumers’ Association (Which?). It provides support to individuals who are acting entrepreneurially for social benefit, rather than personal profit. There are now 250 Fellows who have completed the programme since 1998. See www.sse.org.uk for more information.
For further information and interviews, contact: SSE on 020 8981 0300; Nick Temple ni*********@ss*.uk or Jonathan Caswell at Liverpool City Council’s news office on 0151 225 2778; jo**************@li*******.uk
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
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