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Fore word I would like to congratulate the Plymouth Social Enterprise Network for the work they do in supporting social enterprises. Plymouth has a long and distinguished history of successful businesses that think beyond the bottom line and reinvest their profits in our communities; businesses that give local people ownership of assets and the ability to generate capital. Our Co-op has been trading in Plymouth for over 150 years, and the Co-operative Group is now the city’s third largest employer. Community Economic Development Trusts are helping to drive economic and social regeneration in some of our most deprived communities. Our largest Registered Social Landlord is a social enterprise, as is the company behind the regeneration of Devonport Guildhall and Column. And they are not alone. Many more local people are now setting up businesses which bring both economic and social value to Plymouth. As one of the country’s newest Co-operative Councils we are committed to working with social enterprises to help them develop and grow in size, in number, in turnover and in profitability. We believe that social enterprises not only have a real role in giving people a sense of ownership and pride in Plymouth and the services we all receive; they also add to our economic wellbeing. This directory demonstrates the fantastic diversity of activities undertaken by a growing number of social enterprises in Plymouth. I would encourage you to use it and trade with these local businesses who ensure that they reinvest in the future of our city.
Welcome to the Plymouth Social Enterprise Network’s Directory of social enterprises in and around Plymouth. Social enterprise is not new and it is not small; they contribute over £8 billion per year to the UK economy and, in 2011, 58% of social enterprises reported growth compared to just 28% of other small and medium-sized enterprises. Social enterprises bring innovative ideas and a ‘can-do’ attitude together with investing in their communities and prove that social and environmental responsibility can be combined with financial success. The South West has the largest concentration of social enterprises in the UK and as such they are an essential part of building a sustainable future for our economy. The University leads the national University Enterprise Network for Social Enterprise, and I am therefore delighted to endorse this important directory. This directory provides details of social enterprises across the region, alongside information about their products and services. I commend the collective efforts of social enterprises and invite you to work with the businesses described here.
Professor Wendy Purcell Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Plymouth University November 2012
Councillor Chris Penberthy Cabinet Member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Plymouth City Council November 2012
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Headline Figures There are 100––150 social enterprises in and around Plymouth. Around 3,100 people work in social enterprises in the city. This is about 3% of the workforce. Income in the sector amounts to around £180 to £200 million. 15% of the sector generates 95% of this income. Around 1 in 3 businesses report a turnover of under £50,000. The highest single income is £85 million. The average is about £4 million but the median is about £90,000 per year. There is a clear need for business advice to help social enterprises grow especially in the areas of marketing, finance and proving social impact.
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Social Enterprise with Plymouth University
Higher education makes an unparalleled contribution to skills development in the UK. Universities also have a key role to play in transforming the social and economic environment. Plymouth University understands the importance of economic and social regeneration in creating a vibrant city. We particularly see the need to develop a more sustainable and balanced economy. Social enterprise finds a natural place at the heart of our plans to be an enterprise university. We play an important role in the city’s social enterprise culture. We are proud to be founder members of the Plymouth Social Enterprise Network and are actively supporting the fantastic Social Enterprise City Festival this year. We also support social enterprises more practically in many other ways.
We are also home to the national Social Enterprise University Enterprise Network (SE-UEN). This network aims to develop and support social enterprise and involves a number of universities around the country working with partners from the private sector including: The Co-operative Group, SERCO, the Social Enterprise Mark Company and the National Council for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). The SE-UEN will research, pilot and communicate best practice in social enterprise to help shape national policy. It will work with students and staff in the partner institutions to build social enterprises. It will also work with existing and aspiring social enterprises to provide targeted business advice, mentoring and support. Plymouth University is playing a leading role in promoting and enabling social entrepreneurship and is helping to ensure a vibrant ‘social enterprise city’.
We host a social entrepreneur ‘in residence’ who is able to advise students and academic staff about starting-up and running a social enterprise. Our ‘Enterprise Solutions’ scheme is available to all businesses, including social enterprises, looking for support. We are a founding partner of GAIN - a growth and acceleration investment network - which social enterprises can access. We run business planning competitions and offer students the chance to develop consultancy work to help with the business needs of local social enterprises.
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About Plymouth Social Enterprise Network Plymouth Social Enterprise Network (PSEN) is a membership organisation that aims to be a focal point for the social enterprise sector in and around Plymouth.
About Plymouth Social Enterprise Network Plymouth Social Enterprise Network (PSEN) is a membership organisation that aims to be a focal point for the social enterprise sector in and around Plymouth. The Network was formed in May 2011 and provides a way for social enterprises to exchange information, ideas and expertise. The Network provides a forum for discussion at bi-monthly meetings, facilitates the development of commercial opportunities amongst social enterprises and seeks opportunities to promote social enterprise wherever possible.
Why is Social Enterprise important? There is more awareness than ever of the need for new economic models, fresh ideas and a fundamental shift in the way we do business. This is high on the political, economic and academic agenda. If we do not radically rethink our business models we will continue to recreate the same problems in the future. Social enterprise can be the solution to the current economic and environmental crisis. These ethical businesses can generate wealth sustainably, create meaningful and well-paid jobs and can tackle some of society’s most intractable problems.
About this Directory PSEN was given a Big Lottery Fund Awards for All grant in 2011 to raise the profile of social enterprise in the city. Part of this grant was to create a directory of social enterprises in and around Plymouth to help people understand the sector and to find out more about what services and products are being provided by social enterprises.
Social enterprises can make a huge and positive difference to the world. Our appeal is to all existing and would-be entrepreneurs: think about what sort of business you want to create and what impact you want to have on the world. We believe that you have a choice: start a business that exists purely to make money for yourself and shareholders, or create something that works for the betterment of society and provides you a good living at the same time.
What is a Social Enterprise? Defining social enterprise is a thorny issue. Many people have many ideas about what a social enterprise is and does. Terms such as social business, ethical company, community enterprise, co-operative, mutual and others are all used in relation to these types of businesses. There are advantages and disadvantages to all these terms but no single phrase reflects the full breadth of the sector in all its forms. It is important to note that the concept of ‘social enterprise’ is not a legal structure itself. It is a general term given to a number of business models. The core, unifying features of social enterprise are social/ environmental purposes and trading. There is an array of legal structures available to social enterprises, for example, the Community Interest Company (CIC), Charitable Company and Industrial and Provident Society (IPS) to name a few of the most common. PSEN has adopted the following definition of social enterprise: “Social enterprises are organisations that trade with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners.”
PSEN’s Vision for Social Enterprise in the City PSEN is about to consult on a vision for the Network and a strategy to achieve this. We think that the following will form part of that consultation. We want Plymouth to be a city where: • • • • • • • • •
Social enterprise transforms the local economy for the benefit of all Social enterprise is central to the way we do business Social enterprises are able to thrive Social enterprise is understood and where people think of it as the model of choice when setting up a business Wealth is generated sustainably and stays here to improve the quality of life for all Everyone has access to meaningful work – work that they can see makes a difference to their community, the environment and the world Good ideas are generated and entrepreneurialism encouraged Social enterprises have access to the very best business advice and investment Collaboration thrives and learning is shared between those who share common aims.
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The Directory Aster 4-5 Russell Court Palace Street PL1 2AS Web: www.aster.org.uk Aster is a group of ‘ethical social enterprises’, committed to making a positive difference to people’s lives in the communities in which we work. We serve over 80,000 customers across central southern and South West England. We do this by building affordable houses to buy or rent, providing care for the vulnerable or elderly, and by maintaining or repairing homes. We’re aware of the changing social and economic environment in the communities we serve and see the social enterprise model as part of the solution. We work with communities and partner organisations to develop new and existing services. One example is our furniture re-use franchise called Twice as Nice.
Bikespace CIC Unit 4, Riverside Business Park New Passage Hill Plymouth PL1 4SN Telephone: 01752 500211 Email: gareth@thebikespace.org Web: www.thebikespace.org At Bikespace we aim to engage and motivate young people struggling with mainstream education. We train them as Bicycle Mechanics and give them the opportunity to get out on Mountain Bike Adventures. The pupils achieve ASDAN awards, as well as developing transferrable skills which will enable them to succeed in the workplace. Bikespace welcomes donations from the public of bicycles in need of refurbishment. When you donate a bicycle you can be happy it will not only go on to provide someone with transport but that it will have helped young people gain skills. If you have a bicycle you would like to donate then please get in touch.
The Blurt Foundation CIC Devonport Guildhall Ker Street Plymouth PL1 4EL Telephone: 01752 547351 Email: info@blurtitout.org Web: www.blurtitout.org Blurt operates a free online mentoring scheme to provide support and information for people affected directly and indirectly by depression. We also aim to reduce isolation, raise awareness and reduce the negative stigma surrounding depression by encouraging people to ‘blurt it out!’
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Buckland Food Growers Buckland Abbey Yelverton Devon PL20 7EY
Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd 7 Whimple Street Plymouth PL1 2DH
Web: www.bucklandfoodgrowers.co.uk Buckland Food Growers Ltd is an Industrial and Provident Society for the benefit of the community. We aim to grow and nurture food, sharing the work and sharing the produce. We will bring members of the community together to produce food, learn new skills from each other and have fun. Surplus produce will be sold within the local community at local markets, reducing food miles and providing fresh, tasty, locally produced food to our community.
Catkins Childcare CIC c/o Beechwood Primary School Rockfield Avenue Southway Plymouth PL6 6DX Telephone: 01752 706369 Email: catkins@southernway.plymouth.sch.uk Web: www.catkinschildcare.co.uk Catkins Childcare is a small and caring environment, where each child is an individual. We promote a warm, friendly, family atmosphere and we encourage a close link with our parents.
Telephone: 07549 616398 Web: www.devonandcornwallfoodassociation.org The DCFA is a charitable organisation run by volunteers with one part-time member of staff. Our aim is simple: to stop good, in-date food from going to waste and to make sure it is given to those who need it most. By doing this we help alleviate food poverty and reduce waste and associated greenhouse gases.
Diving Diseases Research Centre Hyperbaric Medical Centre Tamar Science Park Plymouth PL6 8BU Telephone: 01752 209999 Web: www.ddrc.org DDRC (Diving Diseases Research Centre) is a UK registered charity (no. 279652), specialising in Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) treatment for medical emergencies including decompression illness (DCI or the bends), carbon monoxide poisoning, and soft tissue infections such as necrotising fasciitis and gas gangrene. HBO is also used in the treatment of non-healing and problem wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers and radiation tissue damage experienced by some cancer patients. DDRC is internationally renowned for research into hyperbaric medicine and diving.
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Education Through Expeditions (ETE) Sherwell Centre Plymouth University Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA
Iridescent Ideas CIC Devonport Guildhall Ker Street Plymouth PL1 4EL
Telephone: 01752 588347 Email: info@etehome.org Web: www.etehome.org Education Through Expeditions (ETE) connects explorers and schools. Our aim is to amaze and inspire children and adults alike whilst educating them about the world around them. Our interactive curriculum focused learning resources are developed from real life case studies compiled from expedition materials gathered by fieldworkers, scientists and explorers across the globe.
Fotonow CIC 32 Looe Street Barbican Plymouth Devon PL4 0EA Telephone: 01752 269110 Email: info@fotonow.org Web: www.fotonow.org Fotonow is a South West based Community Interest Company developing new opportunities in photography and facilitating socially motivated projects exploring visual culture. The social enterprise has cultivated a distinctive identity through working with diverse communities to support the development of projects that encourage greater social inclusion and the shared exploration of the visual arts. Whether delivering shortterm workshops or large-scale projects our ethos remains to utilise photography as a catalyst for social change. Fotonow manage ‘Camper Obscura’ which provides an interactive visual experience via a mobile camera obscura in a VW camper van. Fotonow runs a commercial agency Foto+ Collective offering high-quality photographic work.
Telephone: 07786 863206 Email: gareth@iridescentideas.com Web: www.iridescentideas.com Twiiter: @iridescentideas Iridescent Ideas is a community interest company and a social enterprise. Our vision is to provide great business services that enable other ethical businesses to achieve their aims and objectives. We provide business advice on social enterprise legal structures and governance, help with finding investment and funding and deliver research and social impact evaluations. We provide an hour of advice for free and are currently offering a 10% introductory discount to full members of the Plymouth Social Enterprise Network.
Just Power for Communities CIC Unit 2 Wolseley Trust Business Park Wolseley Close Plymouth PL2 3BY Telephone: 01395 282 780 – Mike Chapman Web: www.justpower.co Twitter: @JustPowerCIC Specialising in solar PV installations for community buildings Just Power for Communities CIC is ideally placed to empower your community. Solar PV on the roof of your social enterprise, Charity, Co-op, School or Church will help your community organisation generate its own energy and cut running costs. Once installed you’ll earn an income from the Feed-in-Tariffs and generate vital savings to reinvest in your community. Just Power for Communities CIC is an accredited installer and will help you with all stages of your project. Call today for a free survey.
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Memory Matters South West CIC 34 Lake View Close Plymouth PL5 4LX
Morvargh Sailing Project CIC 4th Floor Salt Quay House Sutton Harbour Plymouth PL4 0HP
Telephone: 07813 886706 Web: www.memorymatterssw.co.uk Memory Matters provides therapy, training and respite for those that live with Dementia and care for those living with Dementia.
Millfields Trust HQ 237 Union Street Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 3HQ Telephone: 01752 660837 Email: info@millfieldstrust.com Web: www.millfieldstrust.com The Millfields Community Economic Development Trust (Millfields Trust) has been set up to enable local people to contribute and manage the regeneration of the Stonehouse neighbourhood in Plymouth. Our core business is rental of commercial premises across two sites in the Stonehouse neighbourhood. In total we are responsible for over 100 business premises, ranging in size from 120 to 1500 square feet. The Trust uses revenue generated from its trading activities to support community development work including the pioneering Widening Horizons programme.
Telephone: 01752 358557 Email: office@morvargh-sailing.co.uk Web: www.morvargh-sailing.co.uk Morvargh Sailing Project is a sail training organisation set up to provide experiential learning opportunities for young people aged 14-25 in the South West. We use our Class D Tall Ship ‘Helen Mary R’ to deliver a wide range of sailing programmes aimed to develop young people across a range of disciplines. Helen Mary R is berthed in Sutton Harbour in Plymouth and we sail to ports on the South West coast and Channel Islands.
Oasis Project 28 Manor Street Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 1TW Telephone: 01752 254981 Oasis is an internet café based in Stonehouse offering a range of freshly made sandwiches and a daily specials menu of hot foods. Prices are very competitive such as freshly brewed ground fair trade coffee for 60p a mug. We also cater for buffets, business lunches and breakfasts and can host business meetings. We hire out a small meeting room and also the main meeting area if it is available. We also run community education groups in art, cookery, ICT, literacy and creative writing.
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Changing attitudes, changing lives, achieving satisfaction, changing perspectives.
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Ocean Studios Unit 9, Residence 2 Royal William Yard Plymouth PL1 3RP
Pembroke Street Estate Management Board Ltd 102 Pembroke Street Devonport Plymouth PL1 4JT
Email: events@oceanstudios.org.uk Web: www.oceanstudios.org.uk
Telephone: 01752 607277 Email: office@pembrokestreet.co.uk Web: www.pembrokestreet.co.uk
Ocean Studios is a Community Interest Company whose aim is to provide a range of affordable studios including dedicated well-equipped workshops, for approximately 100 artists within the Royal William Yard, Plymouth. By creating specialist provision in the form of a unique managed workspace, Ocean Studios will boost creative enterprise in the city and engage local people with the arts. The vibrant creative community built around Ocean Studios will act as a catalyst, revitalising Plymouth as a cultural destination and re-engaging the city with the national arts dialogue.
Open Doors International Language School 28 Woodland Terrace Greenbank Plymouth PL4 8QL Telephone: 01752 258770/1 Web: www.odils.com Open Doors is a faith based charity that primarily serves those living in Plymouth and the travel to work area of Cornwall, where English is their second language. Started in 2001 as an entirely voluntary organisation, we have developed into a thriving Social Enterprise serving people within the UK and overseas. We offer Language, Numeracy, ICT and Teacher Training Courses. Accredited through Ofsted, British Council and Trinity College London.
We are a resident led housing management company established in 1994. We manage the Pembroke St housing estate in partnership with Plymouth Community Homes. Our other services include: contract grounds maintenance; office cleaning; youth work; community projects; accredited work placements for local schools and work placements for unemployed adults.
Plymouth Community Healthcare Mount Gould Local Care Centre 200 Mount Gould Road Plymouth PL4 7PY Telephone: 01752 434700 Email: customerservicespch@nhs.net Web: www.plymouthcommunityhealthcare.co.uk Plymouth Community Healthcare is an independent social enterprise providing NHS services for local people. We provide community, physical and mental healthcare for around 270,000 people in Plymouth as well as some specialist services for those living in Devon and Cornwall. Plymouth Community Healthcare CIC, previously NHS Plymouth provider services, officially formed on 01 October 2011 as an independent health services provider separate to the commissioning organisation, NHS Plymouth. We work as part of the NHS family in a similar way to GP’s, Dentists and Pharmacies. Plymouth Community Healthcare is committed to fairness, equity, and values diversity in all aspects of its work as a provider of healthcare services and as an employer of people. We constantly strive to ensure services are fully inclusive and accessible, meet the health needs of the local community and seek to build a workforce that is representative of the community it serves.
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Plymouth Community Homes Princess Court 23 Princess Street Plymouth PL1 2EX
Plymouth Music Collective CIC 21-25 St. Johns Road Cattedown Plymouth PL4 0PA
Telephone: 01752 388379 Web: www.plymouthcommunityhomes.co.uk
Telephone: 01752 225884 Email: info@plymouthmusiccollective.com Web: www.plymouthmusiccollective.com
Plymouth Community Homes is one of the largest providers of social housing in the South West, owning and managing around 15,000 homes in Plymouth, and housing c.45,000 people, 1/5th of the City’s population. We help people help themselves, and together with residents and partners are helping shape Plymouth’s future. We believe a strong, thriving community is important for everyone, and encourage people to constantly look forward and embrace change. We employ local tradespeople and businesses where we can - currently around 300 through the Decent Homes improvement programme and another 200 in the regeneration of North Prospect. The current annual turnover of the business is just over £80m pa.
Plymouth Dance CIC c/o Barbican Theatre Castle Street Plymouth PL1 2NJ Telephone: 07818 518079 Email: admin@plymouthdance.org.uk Web: www.plymouthdance.org.uk Twitter: @Plymouthdance Plymouth Dance aims to connect, create and celebrate dance in the city by: • • •
Plymouth Music Collective is a Community Music Project founded in 1988 to offer affordable good quality rehearsal and recording facilities.
Plymouth Play Association Union Street Plymouth PL1 3HB Telephone: 01752 256633 Email: admin@plymouthplay.org Web: www.plymouthplay.org or www.facebook.com/plymouthplay Plymouth Play Association is a not-for-profit membership organisation which promotes and supports a wide range of play opportunities across the Plymouth area. We provide a wide range of services for people of all ages and interests - it’s not just for kids! We have a scrapstore with a huge selection of very interesting safe waste products that can be used for all sorts of creative projects, Art & Craft shop and Resource Hire. Our dedicated team of volunteers takes part in all aspects of our work. They play a vital role in the smooth running of our organisation.
enabling people to find out about dance in a way that makes sense to them creating and extending opportunities citywide, using dance as a vehicle for change joining up the existing dots to celebrate the variety of dance in the city
Plymouth has a vibrant dance ecology. The role of Plymouth Dance is to work with and support all of its artistic partners, balancing the professional development and employment needs of local practitioners, with the local agendas of strategic partners. Thus delivering citywide projects that create a circle of supply and demand, artistic creation and strategic provision.
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Rame Conservation Trust Maker Heights Cornwall PL10 1LA
Real Ideas Organisation Devonport Guildhall Ker Street Plymouth PL1 4EL
Telephone: 01752 822152 Email: Info@makerheights.org.uk The mission of Rame Conservation Trust is to preserve Maker Heights - the barracks, the forts, the woodlands and landscape within Cornwall’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The vision is to restore the historic buildings to support the community of Artists, Musicians and Craftspeople, as well as providing an open gate to ramblers, dog-walkers, campers, history enthusiasts and families who simply wish to enjoy the unique site.
Reestart Recovery Houses 17 Stoke Road Wyndham Square Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 5JG Telephone: 07876620353 or 01752 600844 Email: reestartrecovery@gmail.com Web: www.reestartrecovery.co.uk Reestart Recovery Houses are supported by a dedicated team of qualified and experienced volunteers, helping rebuild communities and shattered lives.
Telephone: 08458 621288 Email: info@realideas.org Web: www.realideas.org RIO uses innovation and social enterprise approaches to create new opportunities for young people, adults and communities to make real change happen. Our four business areas provide everything from pioneering qualifications to schools consultancy, from civic sector business development to outstanding venues, from heritage to regeneration; all with a social enterprise flavour. Bring social enterprise thinking and action to your project. Be it a school, a historic building, a housing association, local authority, government agency or private business, we know how it’s done.
Regenerate CIC Workshop Address: Shop Address 170 Rendle Street 65 New George Street Plymouth Plymouth PL1 1TP PL1 1RJ Telephone - Workshop: 01752 268254 Telephone - Shop: 01752 265600 Email: plymouthregenerate@gmail.com Web: www.plymouth-recycle.com We are a fully licensed Community Enterprise Company which means we are a NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation, all our profits are reinvested into the local community. We work together to make our cause known, to reach out to other groups who share our vision.
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Sentinel Healthcare South West CIC Sentinel Office Mount Gould Admin Block Mount Gould Hospital Mount Gould Road, Mount Gould Plymouth PL4 7QD
South West Trading Routes The Routeways Centre 41/43 Chapel Street Plymouth PL1 4DU
Telephone: 01752 434908/434750 Email: ply-pct.sentinel@nhs.net Web: www.sentinelhealthcare.co.uk Twitter: @Sentinel_CiC
Trading Routes is the commercial arm of the Routeways Centre Limited, and aims to create and run sustainable, profitable small businesses to provide the parent charity with an income.
Sentinel Healthcare South West Community Interest Company (CIC) is owned by General Practitioner and Practice Manager shareholders of General Practices in Plymouth. As a CIC it has one mission: ‘To provide a proactive and innovative leadership role, in the planning and delivery of first class health and social care for the community’ Sentinel provides Clinical Assessment and Treatment services for patients in Plymouth, South East Cornwall and South Hams & West Devon.
Current enterprises include Routes Cafe in St Aubyn Library, First Aid training courses, Portable Appliance (PAT) testing of electrical appliances, and the management of local website www.parents-guide-toplymouth, a directory of services and calendar of events aimed at parents and carers in and around the city.
Telephone: 01752 856708
We are particularly keen to encourage business from other social enterprises and members of the voluntary and community sector, and are always looking to reciprocate and spend our money in the sector where possible and relevant.
Simply Counselling 18 Harwell Street Plymouth PL1 5BP Telephone: 01752 266333 Web: www.simplycounselling.org We provide counselling for individuals, couples, carers and families in the Plymouth area. We are a Plymouth based Community Interest Company, committed to improving the welfare of the people of Plymouth and the surrounding areas.
START (Students and Refugees Together) Unit 4 HQ Building 237 Union Street Plymouth PL1 3HQ Telephone: 01752 255200 Email: info@studentsandrefugeestogether.co.uk Web: www.studentsandrefugeestogether.com Plymouth is the largest dispersal point for asylum seekers in the South West and START, founded in 2001 is the lead organisation working with those who have been given leave to remain. A range of community activities as well as individual casework strengthens community integration, reduces risk and enables people to access their human rights. START’s innovative structure harnesses the work of around twenty placement students every year to augment the work of the 3 full time staff. Their up-todate knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment to social justice maintains a strong learning culture and an open, solutions-focused approach to the serious difficulties faced by refugees.
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Stiltskin Creative Arts and Theatre Company C.I.C 60 Elm Road Mannamead Plymouth PL4 7BB
Symbiotic Theatre Company
Telephone: 01752 294738 Email: info@stiltskin.org.uk Web: www.stiltskin.org.uk or www.facebook.com/stitskinarts Stiltskin is one of the leading grassroots arts development organisations in Plymouth. We work mainly with children and their families using the creative arts and performance to raise confidence and self-esteem; bringing communities together, tackling key issues, celebrating their culture and history, and giving people, especially the young, a sense of pride in where they live. Stiltskin artists have been the Creative Directors over the past four consecutive years on the Plymouth Lord Mayor’s Day Parade and five years for Plymouth’s Christmas Carnival Lantern Parade. We have collaborated with external agencies and private sector investors to produce high quality art and theatre productions over the past eleven years.
Telephone: 01752 263581 or 07904 911555 (Clare) Email: info@symbiotictheatre.com Web: www.symbiotictheatre.com Facebook Page: SymbioticTheatre Twitter: @SymbioticHQ / @SymbioticDMTG Symbiotic are a professional touring theatre company based in Plymouth. We are dedicated to delivering high impact, high quality artistic provisions to the people of Plymouth and beyond. We utilise the emotive power of the arts to challenge and provoke debate around mental health and the human psyche. We work on a commissioned basis and also deliver our own community programme and creative learning initiatives, which all have a central focus on reducing social stigma, challenging negative perspectives, raising personal aspirations and lifting expectations for what we can achieve - both artistically and socially by working together.
Tamar Grow Local CIC Tamar Valley Centre Drakewalls Cornwall PL18 9FE Story Jug The Formation Zone Roland Levinksy Building University of Plymouth PL4 8AA Telephone: 07581552441 Email: Joanna@storyjug.com Web: www.storyjug.com Story Jug runs workshops to help people tell stories that matter, using powerful tools to support work with writing, video and artwork. Your stories might capture a significant moment or series of memories that still impact on your health and well-being. Whether for private contemplation to promote health and healing or for a wider audience, on YouTube or published as e-books, Story Jug can help you tell a story in a way that helps others, heals and/ or inspires. Story Jug runs workshops for hospitals, businesses, local communities, health support groups, schools, libraries and as online groups over the internet.
Telephone: 07887983143 Web: www.tamargrowlocal.org Tamar Grow Local (TGL) is a ‘not for profit’ Community Interest Company (CIC) set up on co-operative principles for the benefit of the community promoting sustainable local produce in the Tamar Valley. Tamar Grow Local support both community groups and commercial local food enterprises including, allotments, orchards, veg box schemes, community gardens, livestock co-ops, community supported agriculture, a land-trust, starter horticultural holdings, a valley wide honey co-operative, an apple juice co-operative, and low carbon produce transport.
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Wolseley Trust 2 Wolseley Close Plymouth PL2 3BY
Zebra Collective Devonport Guildhall Ker Street Plymouth PL1 4EL
Telephone: 01752 607449 Web: www.wolseley-trust.org Wolseley Trust is a democratic membership organisation (free local membership) and community business established in 1996 to manage and operate two Business Parks and community facilities in inner city Plymouth. Wolseley Trust Business Park and Scott Business Park provide office and light industrial business units for rental, supporting local business development and job creation. We also manage the Jan Cutting Healthy Living Centre and use our earned trading surplus to directly commission services to benefit local people from our area of Plymouth. Wolseley Trust members elect its Management Board. The Trust provides support and advice for other key local organisational partners and itself benefits from partnership with Plymouth City Council.
Telephone: 01752 395131 Email: info@zebra.coop Web: www.zebra.coop Zebra Collective is a worker co-operative with a mission to create a more just and sustainable society. We provide training in equality, participation and solution focused communication, deliver and support community-based projects and work with organisations that are actively making a difference to help them achieve their potential.
Your Child Your Voice 2 St. Maurice Road Plymouth PL7 1JS Telephone: 07909 822297 Your Child Your Voice is a Plymouth based social enterprise run by parents and carers of children with disabilities. Our mission is to drive positive change and outcomes for disabled children and young people through participating in the decision making processes for statutory services in the city. We sit on boards, groups and panels across education, health and social care. Parent participation ensures families have their voices heard at the very top level and the services they access are improved as a result.
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Other social enterprises in the city which are ‘full’* members of PSEN are:
Cosmic IT www.cosmic.org.uk
Bellmoor Community Co-operative Ltd Telephone: 01752 707595
Friday Circle www.sites.google.com/site/fridaycircle1
Colebrook Housing Society www.colebrookhousing.co.uk
Friends of Wyndham Square Telephone: 07730 589889
Fata He BME Development Ltd www.fatahe.com
Jan Bennett www.bennettprojectservices.co.uk
Nom De Strip CIC www.nomdestrip.co.uk
Locality www.locality.org.uk
North Prospect Garage Project/Norpro Training Ltd www.norprotraining.co.uk
Outset Plymouth/YTKO www.outsetplymouth.co.uk
Park Pharmacy Trust www.parkpharmacytrust.org.uk
Paperchain www.paperchain.org.uk
Routeways Centre Limited www.routeways.org.uk
Peninsula Enterprise/Social Enterprise Focus www.peninsula-enterprise.co.uk
Shekinah Trading Ltd www.shekinahmission.co.uk
Perfect Moment www.perfect-moment.co.uk
The Walled Gardens at Maristow www.maristowwalledgardens.co.uk
Plymouth 20:20 www.plymouth2020.co.uk
The following organisations are in the process of applying for membership of the network: Food is Fun CIC www.foodisfun.org.uk Fortitude Bike Park CIC www.fortitudebikepark.co.uk Merici Sports CIC www.facebook.com/mericisports The Word Machine CIC www.thewordmachinecic.wordpress.com Smart Savings SW CIC www.smartsavings.org.uk PSEN also recognises the following organisations, businesses and individuals as ‘associate’* members: Bournemouth Churches Housing Association www.bcha.org.uk Coops SW www.cooperatives-sw.coop Cornwall College www.cornwall.ac.uk
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Plymouth City College www.cityplym.ac.uk Plymouth City Council www.plymouth.gov.uk Sarah Greep www.facebook.com/jannerjam Social Enterprise Mark Company www.socialenterprisemark.org.uk Social Enterprise Outcomes www.socialenterpriseoutcomes.co.uk South Devon YMCA www.ymcasouthdevon.org.uk University of Plymouth www.plymouth.ac.uk White Tiger Creative www.whitetigercreative.co.uk *Membership criteria for PSEN: •
Full membership with voting rights is available to social enterprises
based in and around Plymouth. Each full member organisation holds
one vote at meetings.
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Associate membership is open to any individual or any organisation,
such as partners and social enterprise support organisations that
wants to promote the aims. Associate members do not hold any
voting rights.
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