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Social enterprise

We aim to share our knowledge, expertise and resources with a range of public, private and voluntary organisations through the development of social enterprise.

A social enterprise may be defined as ‘a business 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’.

Our social enterprise activities draw on the resources of our two parent universities as well as a range of other collaborative partnerships including:

Current initiatives

Examples of our current enterprise projects include:

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Bridges: Stroke self-management

Previously known as Stepping Out, Bridges is a stroke self-management programme which aims to find better ways of supporting people in the longer term after stroke.

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Heritage2Health

Heritage2Health stages ‘challenge events’ at heritage sites across the UK, aimed at supporting the wellbeing of people who may feel socially isolated or excluded because of a disability or health condition, or the demands of caring for others.

Nurses' Voices

Nurses' Voices

Nurses Voices captures the oral history of St George's Hospital in London from the perspective of its nurses. More than 150 interviews and 1,000 hours of recordings have been generated for the project, featuring nurses and midwives who trained or worked at St George’s from around 1930 to the present day.

 

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Contact us

To find out more about our social enterprise initiatives please contact: