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.
Social Enterprises working with multiply excluded people
Date: 31.03.2011
I'm currently researching social enterprises that are working with adults with multiple needs - homelessness, addiction, offending and mental health. I'm keen to hear from anyone working in this field, or of any social enterprises you know of helping this 'hard to reach' group. You can reach me on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Many thanks!
I started my first social enterprise at the age of 21, helping homeless people off the street and into work. 13 years on Aspire is still working as a social enterprise in 8 cities across the UK, but we have had some spectacular failures alongside the success.
I'm currently a Clore Social Fellow, researching the role that social enterprises can play in helping the most excluded people in the UK, and also the limitations they face.
I'd be very grateful to hear from anyone who has something to contribute to this topic, particularly examples of social enterprises working with adults with multiple needs - homelessness, addiction, offending and mental health.
Please do get in touch by email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Many thanks!
Mark
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