“The core psychology of a social entrepreneur is someone who cannot come to rest until he or she has changed the pattern in an area of social concern, all across society.”

(Bill Drayton – ‘How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas’)

There’s no doubt that social enterprises are the smart way forward for society. Social enterprise is growing too, contributing over £8 billion to the UK economy a year (according to government data).

We want to build on this success by providing social entrepreneurs with inspirational and highly effective training, mentoring and networking opportunities, designed to support social entrepreneurs develop and grow their social enterprise.

We believe it’s the smart way to learn, grow, evolve and challenge yourself and your enterprise, enabling you to fulfil your potential and contribute to a movement that is quite literally changing the world.

These are just a few of the qualities SMART SE stands for:

S – specific, significant, stretching

M – measurable, meaningful, motivational

A – agreed upon, attainable, achievable, acceptable, action-oriented

R – realistic, relevant, reasonable, rewarding, results-oriented

T – time-based, timely, tangible

S – social

E – enterprise