A Carers Week blog by Shared Future. Sure, we’re all concerned about the cost of living crisis. But there are some who are more invisible than most of us. Who are really struggling. Have been ‘just about managing’ at best,…
Julie Jarman, whilst working with Church Action on Poverty, created this simple overview of the principles of Sustainable Livelihoods for us. Recorded in February 2017 by associate Martin Wells, in the video Julie explains through the use of a real…
In a recent meeting with colleagues representing different sides of that perennial ‘social enterprise definition’ debate, we again stumbled, or struggled, to agree. There is of course some official definitions, but everyone still seemed to feel we need to broaden out…
Jez Hall of Shared Future and Lynn Sbaih of Give2Gain had the privilege of running a two hour session on the ‘Journey of Social Enterprise’ at the 2019 Greater Manchester Social Enterprise conference. Their purpose was to explore the motivations and reasons…
One of the privileges of being in Shared Future is the wonderful people, and wonderful places it gives you access to. Like the recent Citizen Participation University in Hungary. In 2017 it was in its 9th year. The Citizen Participation University (CPU) is…
Lattice Works was Shared Future’s multi-faceted approach to encouraging and developing social enterprises (SEs) within a specific area. Typically we deliver Latticeworks over a 6-12 month period, and its suitable for both brand new start-ups and established organisations considering, or wishing…
Shared Future helped to grow a vibrant network of North Lancashire social enterprises and social activists, who came together to promote all the social enterprises in the district. Established around 2007, NLSE was an independent not-for-personal-profit network, open to all,…