What is Social Enterprise? Social Enterprise Northern Ireland
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Welcome to the #WISE Business Podcast produced by Social Enterprise Northern Ireland. Tune in to hear from Social Enterprise businesses across Northern Ireland.
The future of business is social, we can be both commercial and have social impact.
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David Sloan - Belfast89FM
Belfast 89FM is a local radio station providing music, quizzes, and craic plus all the information on traffic and travel news.
The combination of new volunteers and familiar voices of presenters ensures that Belfast 89FM has a truly genuine, engaging and distinctive sound.
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Alison Gordon - Open House Festival
Open House Festival is an annual summer event that takes place in the beautiful seaside city of Bangor, County Down, curated and run by Open House. The non-profit festival has entertained visitors for over 20 years, brilliantly building upon each successive outing with great music, film and theatre.
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Sarah Hoppe - Sew Ready CIC
Sew Ready is an award winning social enterprise bridging the current skills gap in garment making by educating young children and adults in sewing skills.
They re-invest profits back into the local community.
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Martin Fisher - Irish League of Credit Unions
The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) is a trade association for credit unions in Ireland. It operates in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Providing membership for over
258 credit unions across the island.
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Andrew Irvine - East Belfast Mission
East Belfast Mission works across all communities offering a range of services to meet the needs of everyone. With over 100 staff currently employed and approximately 200 volunteers, the range of social projects include:
· A worshipping congregation at the
church
· Church and Community outreach services
· Hosford homeless support service
· Stepping Stone- employability programme
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Darragh Collins - ShareVillage
Share Discovery Village is Northern Ireland's Largest Residential Outdoor Activity Centre offering a wide range of arts, land and water activities based in Fermanagh.
Accessible to disabled and non-disabled people.
www.sharevillage.org
Customer Reviews
Really inspiring work
Came across this show while developing our own social enterprise and I am hooked. Inspiring and motivating stories and very important social causes in every episode- it’s helped me to think more creatively about our own CIC.