People who decide – Suara Co-operative takes participation seriously Author: Jonathan Bland Date: 19.06.25 Tags:European co-operation, public services June 2025 • Jonathan Bland I recently had the privilege of attending the AGM of Catalonia’s Suara Co-operative. I was intrigued to learn about how a workers’ co-operative with over 1,800 members takes key decisions about the future of their business. E3M and Suara have an ongoing learning exchange. Back in 2021 we held an […] How did E3M promote social enterprise innovation in public services in 2024? Author: E3M Date: 19.12.24 Tags:public services, social enterprise 2024 is nearly over, so here’s a round-up of our work to support social enterprise in public services this year. Our Social Enterprise Leaders’ Club programme started in January with the annual, 24-hour Away Day. Held in Manchester at The Castlefield Hotel, itself a social enterprise, our event effectively invested directly in the local community, […] 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 […]
People who decide – Suara Co-operative takes participation seriously Author: Jonathan Bland Date: 19.06.25 Tags:European co-operation, public services June 2025 • Jonathan Bland I recently had the privilege of attending the AGM of Catalonia’s Suara Co-operative. I was intrigued to learn about how a workers’ co-operative with over 1,800 members takes key decisions about the future of their business. E3M and Suara have an ongoing learning exchange. Back in 2021 we held an […]
How did E3M promote social enterprise innovation in public services in 2024? Author: E3M Date: 19.12.24 Tags:public services, social enterprise 2024 is nearly over, so here’s a round-up of our work to support social enterprise in public services this year. Our Social Enterprise Leaders’ Club programme started in January with the annual, 24-hour Away Day. Held in Manchester at The Castlefield Hotel, itself a social enterprise, our event effectively invested directly in the local community, […]
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 […]