Twelve years ago, Community Housing Cymru set up an Award scheme to recognise housing innovation in memory of a special person - Pat Chown. Pat gave a big part of her life to helping others and spent much of her working life in helping to meet people's housing needs in Wales.
Gwynedd-based horticulture, catering and joinery social enterprise tells us what makes the business a success, and about its plans to grow the organisation further.
Pembrokeshire FRAME Limited
Date: 05.11.2010
A friendly gardening and recycling service employing socially excluded people
For 16 years, this social enterprise - based in West Wales - has been running community reuse and recycling projects, as well as gardening and grounds maintenance services for locals.
While running its operations, Pembrokeshire FRAME offers excellent employment and training opportunities to people with disabilities and those who are socially excluded or disadvantaged in the work place.
The business now has 27 staff and ten volunteers and 93% of its £528,000 turnover comes from its business activities rather than grants. These include a garden centre and gift shop.
For more info, see http://www.pembrokeshire-frame.org.uk
