3rdSector 2020 Vision

What social enterprise will look like in 2020

Charities ‘should see non-charitable social enterprises as comrades-in-arms’

Charities want to trade as social enterprises, but face poor access to finance

Showing the further blurring of the traditional profit line between mainstream and “other” businesses, press and education are more&more emphasising the “Conscious Purpose” of business: a social science concerned chiefly with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services (Economics as defined by Miriam Webster)…

Here’s an example of a successful mix of charities and social enterprises.

An outline of Findhorn’s local/social economy