Overview
Looking for new ways to strengthen your organisation's financial sustainability?
With demand for services continuing to rise and funding becoming increasingly stretched, many organisations are exploring new ways to generate income and build long-term resilience.
Join us for this practical webinar to discover how social enterprise and trading activities can help frontline homelessness organisations diversify income, reduce reliance on grants, and increase their social impact.
You'll hear directly from organisations running successful social enterprises and gain insight into what social enterprise looks like in the homelessness sector. Through real-life examples, we'll explore the opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned, helping you understand whether a social enterprise approach could work for your organisation.
The session will cover
- An introduction to social enterprise and different enterprise models
- How social enterprise can support financial sustainability and social impact
- Practical examples from organisations running successful enterprises
- Key opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned
- Tips and resources for organisations considering their next steps
We will be joined by an excellent lineup of speakers:
- Cemal Ezel, Change Please CIC
Cemal founded Change Please in 2019, a social enterprise that uses profits from its coffee to train people experiencing homelessness as baristas. It also offers them a Living Wage job and support with housing, finances and therapy.
- Christy Acton, Founder and CEO, Standing Tall
Standing Tall is a homelessness charity that has helped more than 150 people rebuild their lives. It matches people with a stable job, a safe home and the right support.
- Sebastian Rocca, CEO, Micro Rainbow
Sebastian leads Micro Rainbow, the UK non-profit providing safe housing, integration and social inclusion support for LGBTQI refugees and asylum seekers.
- Trystan Jones, CEO, Community Impact Initiative CIC
The Community Impact Initiative (Cii) is an award-winning, not-for-profit social change organisation. It regenerates empty houses in local communities, helping people improve their health and wellbeing and learn new skills.
- Sihle Mapanda, Managing Director, 2-Way Tenancy Solutions CIC
2-Way Tenancy Solutions is a social enterprise in the North East. It gives tenants tenancy support and help with financial capability, reducing rent arrears and preventing homelessness.
You will also hear from The School for Social Entrepreneurs about their new specialist accelerator learning programmes and grant funding, designed to support organisations developing innovative solutions to the causes and consequences of homelessness. Applications are now open.
Register now to secure your free place!
Who is this for
Anyone working or volunteering in a homelessness charity who wants to explore new ways to fund their work.
Event duration
1.5 hours
This session is part of Homeless Link's Social Investment Learning Series, designed to build your confidence, knowledge and understanding of social investment.
In this introductory session, we'll explore social enterprise and how it can help organisations generate income while delivering social impact.
Homeless Link is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We must recognise and value differences, as well as recognising and redressing inequality and inequity. We want to ensure our attendees are able to feel engaged by our content, so if you have any requirements regarding accessibility and more, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us and we will do our best to accommodate your requests.
