Social Enterprise UK

United Kingdon

 

Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) is the UK membership body for social enterprises. We lead the world’s largest network of businesses with a social or environmental purpose, working together to create a fairer economy and a more sustainable future for everyone. We exist to be a strong voice for our social enterprise, demonstrating the difference that mission-led businesses are making in the world and influencing decision-makers to create an environment where this way of doing business can thrive.
 
We campaign on behalf of the social enterprise community, having led public policy for decades and helped to pass the Social Value Act (2012), using the mounting evidence from our comprehensive research to make the case for change. We drive cross-sector collaboration, working with private companies and public institutions to bring social enterprises into their supply chains, helping any organisation to create positive social and environmental impact. 

The core work of the organisation includes:

  • Strategic partnerships with six government departments
  • Member of Government’s Mutuals Task Force
  • Represented on board & trust of Big Society Capital
  • Reaching a network of over 15,000 social enterprises, networks and partners
  • Championing social enterprise at government level, through the media, through partnerships with private and public sector
  • Supporting our members with programmes such as Supply Chain, Social Investment, Impact Measurement, Leadership and more.

SEUK was one of the main authors of the Public Services (Social Value) Act for which the organisation won the Third Sector Big Impact Award. This ground breaking legislation grants commissioners the ability to use social value as a metric for procurement for the first time. SEUK’s policy and research team produce the ‘State of Social Enterprise Survey’ about UK social enterprises, the biggest of its kind internationally.

SEUK was founded and is still governed by membership and infrastructure organisations in the third sector who wanted to promote social enterprise across the UK. This includes NCVO, Locality, CAN, School for Social Entrepreneurs, Social Firms UK and Co-operatives UK, as well as regional social enterprise bodies such as Social Enterprise West Midlands. SEUK are therefore able to draw upon all of these networks as well (with a combined membership of more than 10,000 organisations) to better disseminate all of the initiatives.

SEUK
The Fire Station,

139 Tooley Street,

SE1 2HZ, London, United Kingdon

Website: www.socialenterprise.org.uk