FROM PASSION TO ACTION… OXFORD BROOKES SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS (OBSEA)

FROM PASSION TO ACTION… OXFORD BROOKES SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS (OBSEA)


Aim of this program:

Embed Social Entrepreneurship @ Oxford Brookes

•Find, Fund and Support emerging social entrepreneurs amongst OB’s students, recent graduates, AND staff;

•Develop a community of change-makers and positive disruptive thinkers;

•Link in with the wider Social Entrepreneurship movement both at H.E., Community and Industry level;

FROM PASSION TO ACTION: WHAT IS A SOCIAL ENTRPRENEUR?

"Social entrepreneurs are 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…”

FROM PASSION TO ACTION: WHAT IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE?

A venture that trades for a social and/or environmental purpose. It will have a clear sense of its ‘social mission’: which means it will know what difference it is trying to make, who it aims to help, and how it plans to do it. It will bring in most or all of its income through selling goods or services. And it will also have clear rules about what it does with its profits, reinvesting these to further the ‘social mission’

THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR’S JOURNEY

““TRY IT”TRY IT”

““BUILD IT”BUILD IT”

““DO IT”DO IT”

FROM PASSION TO ACTION… SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS

Baby steps!


From Passion To Action

You bring: We match with:

Passion Funding

Knowledge in your field SE Workshops

Determination to be a change-maker

Mentoring & Networks

• An award to help you develop an existing or planned project/idea and using an entrepreneurial approach to tackle a social or environmental issue.

• £50,000 is available in total – sponsors Brookes, UnLtd LEP and Santander

• You will also receive a comprehensive training and mentoring programme

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSWHAT ARE THEY?

• This initiative is open to ALL students recent graduates and staff

• You DO NOT need a business background/skills to apply

• You DO need passion, determination and drive to be a changemaker - wanting to make the world a better place

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSWHO IS ELIGIBLE?

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSHOW IS MONEY AWARDED?

There are three types of award you are not restricted to applying for just one:•Try It AwardsSmall amounts of funding of up to £500, for individuals to try out their ideas. •Do it AwardsUp to £5,000 allowing individuals to grow an entrepreneurial idea. •Build It AwardsUp to £15,000 for individuals with projects that have the potential for full scale development or operational

LEARNING SUPPORT - RESIDENTIAL, WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES

• Residential –TBA

• 1st Semester - workshops

• 2nd Semester – Masterclasses

• Dragons Den & Awards evening

• ILM Endorsed Award

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSWHAT OTHER SUPPORT IS AVAIALBLE?

• A comprehensive programme of training and mentoring organised by OB & Student Hubs

• Advice and information from Faculty Champions

• A programme of events where you get to meet other social entrepreneurs

SOME OF THE SKILLS YOU WILL DEVELOP

The aim of the programme is to develop entrepreneurs as well as enterprises. The skills we hope you develop will include:

Empathy: In terms of understanding needs and feelings of others - the concept of human centred designCreative Thinking: the generation of new ideas and the combining and synthesis of existing ideasCritical Thinking: investigative and evaluative skills which are at the core of the social entrepreneurs’ development of effective solutions.Entrepreneurial Grit: the tendency to sustain interest in, resilience and effort towards very long term goals and learning from failure or setbacks as well as successes. Networking and Communications: Meeting and connecting with other like minded people who can support and help you achieve your goals.

These are assessed by reflective writing throughout the year long programme - but are part of the application and award assessment process

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AWARDSTHE TEAM:

OBSEA Project Leader & Faculty of Business Champion:Roberto Daniele

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Champion:TBCFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Champion:Richard Huggins

Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment Champion:Alison Honour

Project co-ordinator and Staff Mentor Research and Business Development Office:Jeff Willmore.

Brookes Student Hub Co-ordinator:Lucie Coussmaker / Madeleine Ellis-Petersen

mailto:[email protected]





EXERCISE: NETWORKING

Networking is a valuable tool to help you make connection's. This is a simple exercise to get you thinking about how networking within the OBSEA programme could help you.

1.Think about the client group or issue you feel passionate about and are hoping to address - now by speaking to as many people in as short a time as possible try to find the person or persons who are proposing to address an issue closest to your own. What have you got in common? How could you help each other?

2.Now think about your proposed business venture. Try to find the person who is looking to trade in a similar way to you – it could be by how you trade - online or through a retail outlet or by product type. What have you got in common? Is there scope for co-operation in any way?



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