Social enterprise is a tool for communities to use to achieve positive social, environmental, cultural or local economic outcomes.
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Some great local examples include Cultivate Christchurch, Trees For Canterbury and Kilmarnock Enterprises.
The Department of Internal Affairs states a social enterprise must:
The Christchurch City Council supports social enterprises by:
Email social.enterprise@ccc.govt.nz for more information.
Organisation | What they do |
The Social Enterprise Institute(external link) | Offers training and advisory services to enable not-for-profit organisations to become more financially independent and sustainable whilst retaining their values and a commitment to social, environmental, economic and cultural outcomes |
Akina(external link) | Supports social enterprises to grow and increase their impact, offers a range of workshops, tools, networks and services to help boost social entrepreneurs |
Whare Aki(external link) | Hosted by Akina, provides resources, a community discussion forum and a simple question and answer section to empower social entrepreneurs |
Business Mentors(external link) | Community and business mentoring and support |
The Ministry of Awesome(external link) | Supports early-stage entrepreneurs with ideas for projects, events, start-ups and social enterprises to turn their ideas into reality |
ChristchurchNZ(external link) | Has staff and resources available to help with business advice and mentoring for social enterprise start-ups and social innovators needing ways to financially sustain their efforts |
The Council, in collaboration with the Social Enterprise Institute, launched a booklet about the history of local enterprises at the Christchurch-hosted Social Enterprise World Forum in 2017.