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B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?

B1a - Legal/financial exclusion
Very positive impacts
Provides young people the opportunity to work with dignity and to receive remuneration for their work. Young people acquire skills working in a safe environment.

B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Very positive impacts
Create employment in a protected environment. Young people have the opportunity to participate in the process. The activity takes place at the territory of the provided housing which guarantees flexibility throughout the process.

B1c - Adaptation to new realities
Very positive impacts
The adaptation follows two directions: 1) young people adjust to employment; 2) an experimental social enterprise is developed

B1d - Cross sectoral working
Impacts not known

B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Very positive impacts
This micro social enterprise verifies opportunities for social enterpreneurship and allows lessons for future activities to be derived.

B1f - Amenities for local people
Positive impacts
Creates an opportunity for local employment, close to the community, there is no need to use transport, can work flexible hours.

B1g - Educational opportunities
Positive impacts
The young people acquire skills for employment.

B1h - Crisis response
Positive impacts

B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Very positive impacts
This is the first social enterprise in the region and one of the few in the country. It provides a model for the development of other social enterprises.

B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
It creates a positive image of the entire social service and helps to promote social enterprise model.

B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
The social enterprise is not able to generate a large income, but it can be used as a means to support financing of services and to create skills of unprivileged people and groups and others.

B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
It creates a positive image of the entire social service and provides a model for the development of other social enterprises.