Starting, growing and scaling a social enterprise

Changing the world through social enterprise involved building a sustainable business! This workshop will dive into understanding business models, including using the Business Model Canvas (BMC) framework of building blocks to help you to visualise different elements of your social venture. This thinking is essential for social entrepreneurs as much as regular entrepreneurs. In the workshop we will use two separate social enterprise examples to illustrate how to apply BMC to social ventures, and you will leave with a good understanding of how this valuable tool can help you to strengthen your own venture and sustainably create the impact you are aiming for.

Moreover, This event also have Networking reception for the workshop participants and other invited guests. In this session Dr Belinda Bell will contextualise this rapidly growing sector and showcase different models that are making impact including some of the common pitfalls.