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Social enterprise

The Malaysian Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) defines social enterprises as "organizations created to address social problems that use business models to sustain themselves financially. Social enterprises seek to create not only financial returns but also social returns to their beneficiaries."


Minister for Civil Society

The post is currently held by Nick Hurd and concerns charities, volunteering, social enterprise and the 'Big Society' agenda of the Coalition government.

The People's Supermarket

Based upon the concept of the food co-operative and inspired in part by the Park Slope Food Coop in the Park Slope neighbourhood of Brooklyn in New York City, US, members of the social enterprise are required to pay a £25 annual fee and contribute 4 hours of their time every 4 weeks to working in the store.


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Autism Plus

He praised the work of Autism Plus and The Adsetts Partnership led by Sir Norman Adsetts OBE for their commitment to partnership and to creating employment through the creation of social enterprise and open employment placements.

CSCB

Coin Street Community Builders, a development trust and social enterprise based in London, England

Hong Kong Council of Social Service

It is a program jointly sponsored by the Hong Kong Bank Foundation and Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged of Social Welfare Department, HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise Business Centre (SEBC) of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service is a new initiative to promote social entrepreneurship, advance social innovation, synergize social enterprises' resources, network social conscious business executives and make a positive social change.

IBM Virtual Universe Community

The community members also work on numerous projects to promote virtual worlds in the sphere of art, cross cultural collaboration, social enterprise, sustainable development, services based innovation and learning, both on internal IBM grids and public virtual world grids, such as Second Life and other Open Sim based grids.

Jonathan Greenblatt

In 2002, Jonathan and his business-school roommate Peter Thum founded Ethos Water, a premium bottled water social enterprise.

Marc Kielburger

He is the co-founder, with his brother Craig Kielburger, of Free the Children, an international development and youth empowerment organization, and the co-founder and co-CEO of Me to We, its partner social enterprise.

Nick Hurd

Hurd is currently Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering at the Cabinet Office in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.

Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation

The idea for a White House Office for Social Enterprise was first developed at the Center for American Progress by then-Senior Fellow Michele Jolin,.

Radio Hartlepool

Radio Hartlepool is the broadcast call sign of Hartlepool Community Broadcasting Limited, a not for profit organisation, social enterprise limited by guarantee and registered at Companies House No: 05316109.

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