Projects
Hackney: A Social Enterprise Borough
In 2017, Be You Be Me worked as a consultant for Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC to lead the successful application for London Borough of Hackney to be recognised by Social Enterprise UK as a social enterprise Borough.
As part of this project Be You Be Me produced Hackney’s inaugural (now annual) social enterprise conference in partnership with Hackney Council in 2017 and 2018 (Social Enterprise in the City, 2017, Hackney: A Social Enterprise Borough, 2018).
Be You Be Me worked on behalf of HCD to convene Hackney’s Social Enterprise Place Partnership (HSEPP) and supported the group to co-create Hackney’s first social enterprise manifesto ‘Hackney Is Social’ which was launched in November 2018.
In 2018 this work was shortlisted for the Market Builder award at Social Enterprise UK’s annual sector awards.
Be You Be Me is now an independent member of the Hackney Social Enterprise Place Partnership since 2019 and hopes to invest more time in the group in 2020.
Links:
Video from Social Enterprise in the City conference 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdwrUtIHBE
Hackney Is Social manifesto: http://hackneyissocial.co.uk/
Future Supply Lab
Future Supply Lab is a collaborative project currently in pilot stage with Hackney Council which seeks to support local government and its partners (e.g., local public sector, anchor organisations and prime suppliers) to leverage public spending power to grow a stronger local and national social enterprise economy.
Project partners include: Be You Be Me (lead), CLAP associates (research/ monitoring), Supply Change (tech partner), Renaisi (local SE lead), Hackney Co-operative Development CIC (local SE network), SEUK (national policy partner) and Loughborough
University London (Manifesto commitment monitoring).
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Hackney Social Enterprise Climate Action Group
This group was formed following the panel session on this topic at the Hackney Social Enterprise Conference on 15 Nov 2019 at Hackney Town Hall. Our focus is how social enterprises in Hackney can work together to address the urgent need for climate action.
Who can join:
This a group for all those interested in collaborating to take courageous action in face of the enormous challenges our communities are and will continue to face due to the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss. All are welcome to participate whether part of a social enterprise or just aligned with the social enterprise approach.
Contact hello@beyoubeme.co.uk
for more information.