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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

HSSE logoA4 - 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
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.the-sse.org/schools/7/hampshire


G - SUPPORTING INFORMATION

G1 - Photos (between 1 & 3)

G2 - E documents

G3 - Any other useful information

 

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