"individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change. Rather than leaving societal needs to the government or business sectors, social entrepreneurs find what is not working and solve the problem by changing the system, spreading the solution, and persuading entire societies to take new leaps”
Social enterprises are revenue-generating businesses with a twist. Whether operated by a non-profit organization or by a for-profit company, a social enterprise has two goals: to achieve social, cultural, community economic or environmental outcomes; and, to earn revenue. On the surface, many social enterprises look, feel, and even operate like traditional businesses.
Social Enterprises will have:-
Social Aims
Organisations that have explicit social aims such as job creation, training or the provision of local services. They have ethical values. Their profits are principally reinvested to achieve their social aims. Increasingly social enterprises measure their social impact.
Enterprise Orientation
Organisations are directly involved in business activity, supplying goods or services to a market and earning incomes as a result.
