Social Enterprise | Care Co-ops

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What is Social Enterprise?

A business or service with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners.

Social Enterprise Centre in Brighton and Hove

Care Co-ops has secured a lease to develop the first dedicated Social Enterprise Centre in Brighton and Hove. The Hastings Trust, a registered charity, is leading on the refurbishment of the buildings. The centre plans to open its doors from February 2012.

The Brighton and Hove Social Enterprise Centre aims to provide serviced offices, desk hire, meeting and training rooms, events space, social enterprise resource centre and a cafe for the benefit of the local community. This will increase social, economic and environmental impact, with a focus on supporting disadvantaged local people to develop their ideas into viable and sustainable social businesses. The centre is aligned with a range of local, national and European strategies, including the Brighton and Hove Social Enterprise Strategy and the City Employment and Skills Plan.

Neil Holmes, Deputy Chief Executive of Care Co-ops, said ‘Care Co-ops has been working closely with the Diocese of Chichester and the Wagner Hall Trustees to give a fresh lease of life to these under-utilised buildings and we are really excited that our plans now underway to create what we all hope will be a valuable community resource for Brighton and Hove residents’.

Social Enterprise Eco Centre

Care Co-ops is in the process of developing a Social Enterprise Eco Centre at its New Road Nurseries’ premises in East Sussex. This is rural version of the urban model that has been designed and implemented at the Brighton and Hove Social Enterprise Centre.

For more information and details on how you can get involved, please click here.

To find out more about New Road Nurseries, please click here.