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The Centre for Institutional Studies at the University of East London brought together community organisations, public sector bodies and researchers to discuss the the sustainability and future of Community Anchor organisations in these uncertain times and ask the question whether they really are fit for purpose? The Bromley-by-Bow Centre, Community Links and Toynbee Hall partnered with the CIS to host the event.
You can download a Summary Article from the conference and all of the related papers and presentations.
Presentations
Alice Sampson, Director, Centre for Institutional Stuides - download the audio file
Ben Hughes, Director, bassac - download the audio file
Graham Fisher, Chief Executive, Toynbee Hall - download the audio file and Powerpoint presentation
Geraldine Blake, Chief Executive, Community Links - download the audio file and Powerpoint presentation
Rob Trimble, Chief Executive, Bromley by Bow Centre - download the audio file and Powerpoint presentation
Papers
How can Community Anchors contribute to the overall social improvement and well-being of a locality?
Christopher Durkin, Northampton University
June 2009
Milla Gregor, Toynbee Hall
June 2009
A new settlement for the community sector
Stephen Thake, London Metropolitan University
June 2009
Principles, paradigms and practice as barriers to ‘sustainable independence’ for community anchors
Max Weaver, Community Links
June 2009
Academics and policy makers have had a lot to say about social enterprises and social entrepreneurs in recent years. The Listening to the Social Entrepreneurs conference ensured that the voices of the practitioners themselves are listened to - their challenges, concerns and opportunities.
The conference was focused around three main themes:
The Social Entrepreneurial Mindset - is a social entrepreneur just born that way or can those from other sectors transition their organisations to become social enterprises, how do we make that cultural shift and what are the implications, challenges and opportunities that we encounter along the way?
Procurement Versus Market Place Focus - is procurement really a long-term sustainable business model for social enterprise, how do we ride the waves of changing Government priorities and can we survive in the long term, is it time to start moving back to the market place?
The Business Versus Social Goals Debate - just how do we get the balance right without selling out, just how important is social impact measurement and bench marking in helping us achieve our goals?
You can download the conference report and the audio files of the speaker's presentations here.
Lars Hulgard, Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Roskilde University, Denmark
Gladius Kulothungan, Centre for Institutional Studies
George Leahy, Social Enterprise Coalition
Dai Powell, Hackney Community Transport
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