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The School For Social Entrepreneurs Chris Fitzpatrick Founded in 1997 by Lord Michael Young To address inequalities and social exclusion by supporting social entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to transform their talent into real


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Chris ¡Fitzpatrick ¡

The School For Social Entrepreneurs

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Founded in 1997 by Lord Michael Young “To address inequalities and social exclusion by supporting social entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to transform their talent into real social outcomes, in the form of sustainable solutions to poverty and disadvantage in communities.”

"Everybody has the capacity to be remarkable"

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8 schools in the UK, 2 in Australia, 1 in Canada

We have a global presence:

Ontario Sydney Cornwall Dartington East of England Fife Melbourne Hampshire London North West England Yorkshire

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We are not a typical school…

  • No entry requirements
  • No exams
  • No qualifications
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Courses we offer

Start Up Scaling courses e.g. ‘Trading for Sustainability’ Workshops – Marketing, Social Franchising etc. Leadership Development

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Our Approach

  • Action Learning
  • Witness Sessions
  • Expert Sessions
  • Mentoring
  • Project Visits
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Our Impact

  • Over 850 Fellows have completed programmes
  • Fellows' organisations are 20% more likely to survive for 5

years than traditional UK business

  • On average, each organisation set up by a Fellow recruits 2

full-time and 3 part-time workers after graduation. The total value of jobs created by SSE Fellows is estimated to be £13m per year

  • 90% of Fellows say they have had a wider impact beyond their

community, ranging from raising awareness to influencing government policy

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  • To generate training opportunities and jobs for unemployed young

people aged 16-25 in practical horticulture

  • To convert derelict and vacant land across London into productive

food growing space

  • To increase the amount of local and organically grown produce

consumed by Londoners

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  • Winner Best Social Enterprise at the PWC Private Business Awards

2011

  • Uses cycling to solve social & environmental problems
  • Offers sales, repairs, how-to-ride training & vintage refurbishment
  • Helps hundreds of homeless people back into the workforce
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SSE-West Midlands

History

In ¡development ¡for ¡some ¡7me ¡

  • Solihull/Black ¡Country ¡pioneering ¡
  • Lloyds ¡Programme ¡& ¡funding ¡

commiAed ¡

  • Next ¡steps ¡
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SSE –West Midlands The Future

The ¡School ¡

  • Forma7on ¡of ¡Steering ¡

Group ¡

  • Establishment ¡
  • Recruitment ¡
  • Open ¡Office ¡

The ¡Students ¡

  • Adver7sing ¡
  • Taster ¡days ¡
  • Interview ¡& ¡Selec7on ¡

process ¡

  • October ¡2013 ¡
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Get in touch…

Chris Fitzpatrick, Email: cfitzpatrick1@yahoo.co.uk Twitter: chrisfitz1 Mob: 07786 391117 Web: www.the-sse.org Twitter: @schsocent Facebook: facebook.com/schsocent