Hello
Dr Ridley-Duff
I thought I would join this group. My name is Rory Ridley-Duff. I am
an academic in the UK who has just completed a doctorate on corporate
governance (how companies are governed and govern themselves). During
the doctorate, I helped a private enterprise become an
employee-owned/controlled enterprise as well as commenting on the CIC
company form recently introduced to parliament. My most recent writing
has been for the Social Enterprise Journal.
Before entering academia, I spent 13 years running
co-operative/employee-owned businesses. I am now working on the second
edition of a book for entrepreneurs called "Silent Revolution: Creating
and Managing Social Enterprises".
If anyone wants to swap experiences to help the development of the book
and do some mutual learning at the same time, I would be interested in
corresponding with you.
All the best
Dr Ridley-Duff
Sven Desai
Thanks for joining, I must warn you that there is a low volume of
messages through this particular group.
On the subject that you are interested in can I suggest that you contact
Alastair Wilson at the School for Social Entrepreneurs
alastai...@sse.org.uk
Bob Doherty of Liverpool JMU has just got funding to provide management
training to social enterprises. His contact details are on the attached
spreadsheet, which gives the names of academics with an interest in
social enterprise. This maybe a fruitful line of inquiry. (write direct
to sven....@socialenterprise.org.uk if you don't find it attached)
Also the people involved in franchising social enterprises may have some
insight (the following is pasted from a generic response)
Social Firms UK Flagship
http://www.socialfirms.co.uk/index.php/Section71.html
Contact Sally Reynolds
Tel: 01737 281 020
srey...@cqm.co.uk
CAN Beanstalk
http://www.can-online.org.uk/services/franchising.asp
Contact
Owen Jarvis, Director of Social Franchising
t: 020 7785 6224
e: o.ja...@can-online.org.uk
And one from the US that has been tried over here
Bean and Jerry's Partnershop
http://www.benjerry.com/scoop_shops/partnershops/
see also a case study of UK experiences at
http://www.sbs.gov.uk/SBS_Gov_files/socialenterprise/MatchWinners.pdf
(pdf
3MB) page 24
Create UK
http://www.createuk.com/
is a recycler that trains engineers by getting them to refurbish white
goods. They have had limited success in franchising their operations
around the UK.
Renewal.net carries a case study of Create Tottenham, which may have
closed since.
http://www.renewal.net/Documents/RNET/Case%20Study/Createtottenham.doc
The most famous social franchise is the Big Issue
http://www.bigissue.com/bigissue.html
Organisations with experience of running a social franchise include
Forth Sector (Shetland Soap franchise)
http://www.forthsector.org.uk/business/business.htm
Contact: Kevin Robbie
FRC Group (Ben and Jerry's franchise - the franchise was unsuccesful)
http://www.frcgroup.co.uk/
Contact: Shaun Doran
Nornir (Recycle IT franchise, Recycle IT folded shortly after they took
the franchise, they since acquired the business from the liquidators)
http://www.nornir.co.uk/
Contact: Stephen Flower