Hampshire School for Social Entrepreneurs (HSSE)
A - DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE
A1 - Title in original language
Hampshire School for Social Entrepreneurs (HSSE)
A2 - Title in English
Hampshire School for Social Entrepreneurs (HSSE)
A3 - Location of GP (national)
UK
A4 - Location of GP (regional)
Hampshire
A5 - Economic field of activity
P Education
A6 - Ultimate purpose of GP
To create or conserve employment
To practically facilitate or enable social enterpreneurship
To improve social cohesion/inclusion
A7 - Spatial scale
Regional (small scale)
A8a - Start date
September 2009
A8b - Anticipated end date (if applicable)
Ongoing
A9 - Short description of the GP
Training entrepreneurs who want to meet a social need in society by supporting them in setting up and developing a business.
A10 - Key words relating to the GP
Training / mentoring
Innovation
Social inclusion
Work inclusion / employment
Entrepreneurship
A11 - Objectives of the GP
To create and develop social entrepreneurs. Creating sustainable jobs. Enabling people to find creative sustainable solutions to social problems.
A12 - Activities that have taken place
Mentoring, action learning sets, increasing business skills. Trained X number of social entrepreneurs who have created x number of businesses
A13 - Achievements of the GP
Creation of 36 new social enterprises. Brought in over £450k of external investment.
B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?
B1a - Legal/financial exclusion (people who legally or finacially excluded)
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Many of the social enterprises set up have worked with those who are legally or financially excluded. Many of the students have their own stories of exclusion, and this is what motivates them.
B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Evaluation tells us that for each enterprise set up, 2 to 3 full time jobs are created.
B1c - Adaptation to new realities (enabling people to adapt to their changing circumtances)
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Giving students the business skills they need to to adapt to change in external and personal circumstances
B1d - Cross sectoral working
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Have some public and private sector financial support, eg Hampshire County Council and Lloyds Banking Group. Also mentors and witnesses drawn from other sectors
B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
This is what it does.
B1f - Amenities for local people
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Social enterprises set up by students are often specific to the needs of local people.
B1g - Educational opportunities
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
It is an educational programme. Many students come from disadvantaged backgrounds themselves, and are setting up businesses working with their peers or local community
B1h - Crisis response
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
As B1c
B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
Help create wealth and new businessses.
B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
Help to highlight the value, impact and needs of social enterprise
B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Any other comments?
Not applicable
B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Any other comments?
Not applicable
C - PARTNERSHIPS & GOVERNANCE
C1 - Is the governance of this GP fully inclusive?
Comments and learning points
HSSE is not a constituted organisation. It is part of Community Action Hampshrie
C2 - How influential has this GP been on local or national decision makers? (Have you had and influence on decision makers locally?)
Reasonable degree of influence achieved
Comments and learning points
HSSE had a fairly high profile locally, and hope that this has had a positive influence
C3 - How much partnership work has been involved?
A great deal of cross sectoral partnership working
Comments and learning points
A wide range of people are involved in HSSE. Many business people work with our students as mentors. The public sector contribute financially to HSSE, and we would consider them to be an important stakeholder
D - PR & TRANSFERABILITY
D1 - Please describe how the GP communicated its experience and success to the public (how you disseminate your impact)
Coverage in local press for some social enterprises that have been developed by students .
D2 - Please describe how the GP communicated with local or national decision makers?
This has been attempted through meetings, partnerships, etc
D3 - Are there any elements of this project that you think would transfer particularly well to other contexts?
Anywhere and everywhere - the model is international.
E - RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY
E1a - Total annual income of GP 2011/12
£69.000,00
E1b - How is this made up?
Approx: £55,000.00 - HCC grant, £10,000.00 - PwC sponsorship, £3,300.00 - student fees.
E1c - Details of human resources
1 Business Development Manager (hours split between HSSE and CAH), 1 Project Manager (hours split between HSSE and 1 other project), 1 Programme Manager (35-40 hours per year on contract).
E1d - Details of technology
£3k spent on website
E1e - Details of financial investment for start-up/early stage
£118,333.00 - central government, £20,000.00 - Portsmouth City Council, £15,000.00 - First Wessex Housing Association
E1f - Details of external support
E2 - If public funding were withdrawn, could the GP continue to exist?
Yes - it has been withdrawn.
F - EXECUTIVE BODY AND CONTACT INFORMATION
F1 - Who set up the GP?
Not-for-profit organisation
F2 - Who runs the GP?
Not-for-profit organisation
F3 - Short description/comments
F4 - Contact
Kirsty Rowlinson
Community Action Hampshire
Beaconsfield House, Andover Road, Winchester, S022 6AT
UK
Telephone 01962 854971
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http://www.the-sse.org/schools/7/hampshire
G - SUPPORTING INFORMATION
G1 - Photos (between 1 & 3)
G2 - E documents
G3 - Any other useful information