How can social enterprises, co-operatives & other social economy models provide innovative solutions for some of our public service challenges? Author: E3M Date: 30.09.24 Tags:co-operatives, public services, social enterprise As the new Labour Government looks to tackle the issues faced by our creaking public services, it should be aware of the opportunities offered by purpose aligned partners working locally, regionally and nationally to find new solutions. Labour has made a commitment to support diverse business models and double the size of the co-operative sector. With […] Should Social Enterprises Deliver Public Services? Author: E3M Date: 08.02.24 Tags:public services, social enterprise, social value June O’Sullivan OBE, CEO of LEYF Nurseries, has written up her reflections following our annual Away Day for the E3M Social Enterprise Leaders. How was the E3M learning exchange with Suara Cooperativa from a partner’s perspective? Author: E3M Date: 29.01.24 Tags:European co-operation, public services, social enterprise Nicole Reed, Senior Associate Solicitor at Stone King, writes about her experience of the E3M learning exchange with Suara Cooperativa. How did E3M support social enterprise in public services in 2023? Author: E3M Date: 29.12.23 Tags:public services, social enterprise, social impact, social value A round-up of 2023 and how E3M support social enterprise in public services. E3M’s 2022 Author: E3M Date: 12.12.22 Tags:Commissioning, innovation partnerships, partnership, procurement, social enterprise, Social investment, social value After two years of exclusively online activity, 2022 was the year to resume a more normal programme of events for members of our Social Enterprise Leaders’ and Bold Commissioners’ Clubs, as well as our wider community. Covid’s shadow still loomed large at the start of the year and our first two events were conducted via […] E3M ten years on Author: E3M Date: 24.05.22 Tags:collaboration, Network, social enterprise, Social investment by Fay Selvan, CEO, The Big Life Group 2012 was a big year. The world was still feeling reverberations from the 2008 banking crisis, with protests against punishing fiscal policies in southern Europe. Tens of thousands marched in New York in May, in support of Occupy Wall Street’s campaign against wealth inequality. The Arab Spring […] “Don’t think you can’t do these things, because you can” – a legal perspective on Human Learning Systems Author: E3M Date: 06.01.22 Tags:Commissioning, community wealth-building, innovation partnerships, public services, social enterprise This blog was written by Julian Blake of E3M partner Stone King for the Human Learning Systems (HLS) website and we are pleased to share it on ours as we believe our approach in E3M is complementary to the work of HLS. Julian, who is a public benefit lawyer and co-author of The Art of […] Social Value: public service system tweak or transformation Author: E3M Date: 07.10.21 Tags:social value Ahead of our Social Value Webinar on 19th October, we are pleased to share some of the thoughts of Julian Blake, Partner at Stone King LLP. Social Value is established public service terminology, which is important and progressive. Largely in response to the success of the 2012 Social Value Act, in raising awareness of the […] Learning from Catalonia – Suara Co-operative’s model of participation and inter-co-operation Author: E3M Date: 06.09.21 Tags:European co-operation, social value In July, E3M hosted its third online meeting between E3M social enterprise leaders and colleagues from Suara Co-operative and its partners*. In the session we explored Suara’s model of employee participation and empowerment, and how it co-operates with other social economy organisations in Catalonia through the CLADE group.An employee led co-operative based in Barcelona, Suara […] PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES WEBINAR report Author: E3M Date: 19.07.21 Tags:Commissioning, partnership, procurement, public services, social value It is possible to deliver better children’s services at better value for the public purse. Our webinar on 8th July examined partnerships to improve children’s services. The second of a series of webinars in support of our Procurement to Partnership Toolkit, it featured comprehensive descriptions of two partnerships which have already generated extensive benefits. By […]
How can social enterprises, co-operatives & other social economy models provide innovative solutions for some of our public service challenges? Author: E3M Date: 30.09.24 Tags:co-operatives, public services, social enterprise As the new Labour Government looks to tackle the issues faced by our creaking public services, it should be aware of the opportunities offered by purpose aligned partners working locally, regionally and nationally to find new solutions. Labour has made a commitment to support diverse business models and double the size of the co-operative sector. With […]
Should Social Enterprises Deliver Public Services? Author: E3M Date: 08.02.24 Tags:public services, social enterprise, social value June O’Sullivan OBE, CEO of LEYF Nurseries, has written up her reflections following our annual Away Day for the E3M Social Enterprise Leaders.
How was the E3M learning exchange with Suara Cooperativa from a partner’s perspective? Author: E3M Date: 29.01.24 Tags:European co-operation, public services, social enterprise Nicole Reed, Senior Associate Solicitor at Stone King, writes about her experience of the E3M learning exchange with Suara Cooperativa.
How did E3M support social enterprise in public services in 2023? Author: E3M Date: 29.12.23 Tags:public services, social enterprise, social impact, social value A round-up of 2023 and how E3M support social enterprise in public services.
E3M’s 2022 Author: E3M Date: 12.12.22 Tags:Commissioning, innovation partnerships, partnership, procurement, social enterprise, Social investment, social value After two years of exclusively online activity, 2022 was the year to resume a more normal programme of events for members of our Social Enterprise Leaders’ and Bold Commissioners’ Clubs, as well as our wider community. Covid’s shadow still loomed large at the start of the year and our first two events were conducted via […]
E3M ten years on Author: E3M Date: 24.05.22 Tags:collaboration, Network, social enterprise, Social investment by Fay Selvan, CEO, The Big Life Group 2012 was a big year. The world was still feeling reverberations from the 2008 banking crisis, with protests against punishing fiscal policies in southern Europe. Tens of thousands marched in New York in May, in support of Occupy Wall Street’s campaign against wealth inequality. The Arab Spring […]
“Don’t think you can’t do these things, because you can” – a legal perspective on Human Learning Systems Author: E3M Date: 06.01.22 Tags:Commissioning, community wealth-building, innovation partnerships, public services, social enterprise This blog was written by Julian Blake of E3M partner Stone King for the Human Learning Systems (HLS) website and we are pleased to share it on ours as we believe our approach in E3M is complementary to the work of HLS. Julian, who is a public benefit lawyer and co-author of The Art of […]
Social Value: public service system tweak or transformation Author: E3M Date: 07.10.21 Tags:social value Ahead of our Social Value Webinar on 19th October, we are pleased to share some of the thoughts of Julian Blake, Partner at Stone King LLP. Social Value is established public service terminology, which is important and progressive. Largely in response to the success of the 2012 Social Value Act, in raising awareness of the […]
Learning from Catalonia – Suara Co-operative’s model of participation and inter-co-operation Author: E3M Date: 06.09.21 Tags:European co-operation, social value In July, E3M hosted its third online meeting between E3M social enterprise leaders and colleagues from Suara Co-operative and its partners*. In the session we explored Suara’s model of employee participation and empowerment, and how it co-operates with other social economy organisations in Catalonia through the CLADE group.An employee led co-operative based in Barcelona, Suara […]
PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES WEBINAR report Author: E3M Date: 19.07.21 Tags:Commissioning, partnership, procurement, public services, social value It is possible to deliver better children’s services at better value for the public purse. Our webinar on 8th July examined partnerships to improve children’s services. The second of a series of webinars in support of our Procurement to Partnership Toolkit, it featured comprehensive descriptions of two partnerships which have already generated extensive benefits. By […]