“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, author of – How to Change the World
Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

The SMART SE programme is FREE for social enterprises in the East Midlands.

There’s no doubt that social enterprises are the smart way forward for society. Social enterprise is growing too, contributing £8.4 billion to the UK economy a year (according to government data).

We want to build on this success by providing social entrepreneurs in the East Midlands with an inspirational and highly effective programme of mentoring and networking opportunities, designed to take social enterprises in the region to the next level.

The SMART Social Enterprise programme is open to both emerging and established social enterprises and social entrepreneurs in the East Midlands.

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, trackable

S – social

E – enterprise