- Over this time we have supported nearly 200 social enterprise start-ups.
- These will have created approx. 370 jobs and brought money and resources to the area.
- This work is carried out primarily within Hampshire, but 40-45% of our students come from neighbouring areas.
The pandemic has brought existing social and environmental challenges into sharp relief – those of the climate emergency and the vast inequalities of health, wealth and opportunity.
Our newest Fellows that graduated this year in October are addressing some of these most urgent social needs of the day including:
- Connecting communities through the outdoors to improve mental and physical
- health challenges to people of all ages
- Providing low cost zero carbon delivery services
- Tackling food waste
- Supporting older people
- Empowering survivors of trauma
- Creating employment pathways and jobs
In 2018, according to figures from the government, the social enterprise sector employed 1.44 million people and was worth £60 billion, 3 times the size of the agricultural sector.
This can only grow. In fact the very latest 2021 State of the Sector report, which you can find via this link, shows the proportion of social enterprises established within the last three years has steadily increased since 2017 from 25% to 34%. There are proportionally far more social enterprise start-ups than start-ups in the rest of the business community: 47% of social enterprises are under five years old compared to 10% of SMEs.
Are you interested in setting up a social enterprise?
Please get in touch via this link or click this link to visit our website for more information.
