Developing Social Enterprise in Lincolnshire!

Funded by the Barrow Cadbury’s Connect Fund, the programme will build voice, capacity and resilience within the sector, along with developing the leadership and impact of more established VCSE organisations in the country.

There are two elements to this initiative:

(a) Networking events – LVET will be running 4 face to face networking events across the county.  These will be hosted by entrepreneurial organisations, showcasing their journeys and provide opportunities to explore different aspects of social enterprise.  These are suitable for anyone who has an interest in social enterprise at any stage of the journey, and those who’d like to find out more about social enterprise.

(b) Peer Network Leadership Programme – The School of Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) will deliver a free online 6-month leadership development programme for 15 Social Enterprise leaders across Lincolnshire.  This programme is suitable for leaders of organisations operating for a social or environmental purpose.  If you’d like to take part in the Leadership programme, please visit  https://www.the-sse.org/courses/lincolnshire-peer-network-leadership-programme/ for further information. For general queries, please email Kate.Hanley@sse.org.uk. 

We see this programme as one of the initial steps to move from strategy into tangible action – developing excellent leadership in the social economy so that it can thrive and build towards a movement. 

One person who completed the Peer Network Leadership Programme commented “It didn’t take long for me to be converted to this powerful approach to problem solving”.

To find out more, visit www.lvet.co.uk/developing-social-economy or contact Emily Ward on emily.ward@lvet.org or 07888 330294.  To find out more about the Peer Network Leadership Programme, please visit https://www.the-sse.org/courses/lincolnshire-peer-network-leadership-programme/ or email Kate.Hanley@sse.org.uk. 

 Notes to Editor

1. For more information contact [insert name and contact details of relevant person]
2. LVET is a collective of voluntary and community organisations involved in supporting the Health and Wellbeing of people living and working in Lincolnshire. We have over 120 member organisations, ranging in size and collectively employing around 8500 people in paid and unpaid positions across the whole of Lincolnshire. LVET is financially supported by both the Integrated Care Board and the County Council to ensure the voluntary and community sector is recognised as an important component in the Integrated Care System.
3. SSE has been supporting social entrepreneurs and social economy organisations since 1997. They run programmes, courses and workshops internationally, nationally, regionally and locally to equip people to start, strengthen and scale organisations that make a positive difference. 
4. “The Connect Fund has been set up to strengthen the social investment market in England to better meet the needs of charities and social enterprises. Previously known as the ‘Social Investment Infrastructure Fund’, it is a £6 million fund for grants and investments that Barrow Cadbury Trust manages in partnership with Access – the Foundation for Social Investment.”