E3M Local Alchemy Coventry Author: E3M Date: 24.11.17 On the 20th and 21st November we ran E3M Alchemy, a placed-based innovation event in Coventry. A mixed group of 33 E3M Social Enterprise Leaders, Bold Commissioners, funders and partners joined with a similar number of council commissioners and other local stakeholders, including Coventry University, to explore new ways to tackle some local challenges affecting […]
Event Strategies and Models for Sustainable Social Enterprise Growth Author: E3M Date: 06.06.17 Event date: 20.07.2017 | 10.00-16.30 Event location: Bates Wells, 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE Our one-day seminar on 20th July 2017 was attended by leaders and senior staff from commercial social enterprises, who wanted to explore how to achieve growth to support impact and long-term success. Via case studies and expert commentary, the event drew on the experience of successful social enterprises. Sessions focussed on strategies to win the right kind […]
Event Financing Social Enterprise Innovation in Public Services Author: E3M Date: 27.03.17 Tags:Money Event date: 24.05.2017 | 10.00-17.30 Event location: Bates Wells LLP, 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE This one-day E3M seminar was for leaders of commercial social enterprises and senior staff in public authorities, who wanted to learn about opportunities for financing innovative new approaches to public services provision. Having a particular focus on new, place-based approaches to solving local challenges, and based on the experience of E3M members and other similar […]
Social Enterprises Need To Be More Transparent Author: E3M Date: 23.02.17 The problem for social enterprises with transparency is simple. Driven by a scarcity of funding, we feel compelled to tell ever more hard-hitting stories about the beneficiaries we serve, rather than balancing this storytelling with hard facts about the actual impact we achieve (or don’t). I believe we have reached the pinnacle of this storytelling […]
E3M Away Day 2017 Author: E3M Date: 03.02.17 The 2017 E3M Leaders’ Away Day generated some interesting and positive conversations, and a couple of commitments to do new things among the leaders who took part. The event kicked-off with a discussion about the “New Normal” and the challenges of the current context (not just Brexit!), with its opportunities and threats, and what this […]
Event Maximising Impact – The Implications for Governance Author: E3M Date: 29.01.17 Event date: 29.03.2017 | 9.00 - 17.00 Event location: BWB Offices, 10 Queen Street Place, London , EC4R 1BE This E3M one-day seminar was aimed at CEOs of social enterprises, Chairs and non-Executive Directors. Building on E3M’s previous work in this area, it explored the key issues for successful governance, for social enterprises seeking to maximise their impact. Developed with E3M’s core partners, BWB and Numbers for Good, and with special support from Big […]
Publication E3M Alchemy – Write up of the Day Author: E3M Date: 09.12.16 Tags:Models Written by E3M partner, Zurich Municipal. E3M’s first Alchemy event, held in September, was a great success. Bringing together senior public service commissioners, leaders of commercial social enterprises and social investors, the event challenged them to devise innovative solutions to the wide-ranging challenges facing a fictional town. Zurich Municipal is a Supporting Partner of E3M and its […]
Publication The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement Author: E3M Date: 23.09.16 Tags:Markets Written by Frank Villeneuve-Smith of HCT and Julian Blake of Stone King The innovative solutions that can tackle some of our really big social challenges are too often held back by a focus on the process, rather than the purpose, of public procurement. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide Commissioners with a great deal of flexibility to […]
Capital for growth: meeting the needs of social enterprises delivering health and care Author: E3M Date: 07.03.16 Guest Blog from Christine Chang, Senior Director, Investment at Big Society Capital… One in four charities and one in three social enterprises are involved in the provision of health and social care support. In the current environment, the trend for outsourcing will continue, and with austerity there will be increasing pressure for cost savings and […]
The role of social enterprise in running public services Author: E3M Date: 19.01.16 Social enteprise is about trading for a social purpose and using the power of business and the markets to achieve explicitly social aims. We’re seeing more and more of our public services being run by social enterprises in a wide variety of areas. But why are we seeing such a growth? Hear from Chris White MP […]
E3M: A catalyst for change Author: E3M Date: 19.01.16 E3M is an initiative that promotes social innovation in the way we run public services. In particular, it supports the growth and scale and impact of social enterprises that trade in public service markets. This short film shows how the E3M members and partners work collectively to make a difference. There are over 30 social enterprise members […]
E3M Member Case Study: LEYF Author: E3M Date: 19.01.16 London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) looks after 3,500 children in 37 nurseries across London, and that number is growing. While the organisation still has charitable status, it became a social business in order to move away from a sole focus on grant dependency and build a business that trades in the ‘market place’, i.e. directly with […]
Publication Financing Social Enterprise Growth Author: E3M Date: 27.05.15 Social investment is a rapidly evolving field. The examples outlined in this publication show how E3M Members are working with specialist funders and expert advisors to pioneer the use of a range of different financial tools to raise the capital they need to grow. Social enterprises are used to breaking new ground. And, when you […]
Publication Policy Paper: E3M-led Review for Social Impact Measurement Strategy Author: E3M Date: 17.03.15 ALIGNING THE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL INVESTMENT, COMMISSIONING FOR SOCIAL VALUE AND EFFECTIVE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Prepared on behalf of the E3M Partners by Jim Clifford OBE of Bates Wells and Dr. Richard Hazenberg of University of Northampton This policy paper argues that that there should be alignment between the extensive work already carried on […]
Publication Governance for Good Author: E3M Date: 16.02.15 A showcase of top UK social enterprises achieving maximum social impact and a competitive edge through excellent governance Social enterprises emerge from different routes – traditional charities, public sector spinouts and brand new start-ups. Each route comes with its cultural and organisational challenges, but as these businesses mature and develop they all have to address […]
Publication E3M 2013 Conference Report Author: E3M Date: 28.03.13 On 4-5 March 2013 E3M held its inaugural European conference in Kettering. This important, two-ˇday European event held in English, French and Italian, brought together over 250 people from 14 different countries to discuss the key issues for growing successful social enterprise. Themed around the topics Markets, Money, Models and Measurement, the conference took place in the […]