Is the feeling mutual? Mutuals, social enterprise & co-operatives

Last Thursday saw the second viewpoint event held in the view cafe on guildhall square.  Richard Sant and Nicola Waterman shared their views on mutuals and social enterprises.  There was also discussion and questions from the floor about the differences and similarities between the two and what this all means for public services going forward.

The recordings of the speakers and further comment on the event will follow shortly.

The document Nicola wrote and used at the event can be viewed here:

Keep checking the blog for further updates

New article on mutuals in the public sector

http://www.ethosjournal.com/home/item/265-common-purpose

This may be of interest to all those who attended the last viewpoint event.  

Hampshire School for Social Entrepreneurs - Graduation

People Powered - HSSE Graduation

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Working for More than Profit

A social entrepreneur is someone working for social good through an enterprising activity. With social enterprises in the UK contributing nearly £25bn to our economy every year, and creating an average of 20 opportunities for work or training each, it’s a very important sector.

Joining the ranks of the social entrepreneurs this year are 12 local change-makers graduating from the Hampshire School for Social Entrepreneurs. PEOPLE POWERED is a showcase event for these innovative and exceptional people. 

Public Sector Mutuals

Nicola Waterman from Portsmouth City Council has prepared this document on public sector mutuals that may be of interest before the next meeting. 


Take a look at the document:  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B70jh7wvnBP5NjBlODliZTktODA0NC00NTJmLWE0MzctZWJiODY1Zjc3NjA3&hl=en_US

Paddy's presentation from first viewpoint event

Review what Paddy said 

View more presentations from Steven Taylor

James Sandy's Presentation notes

In the first Viewpoint event I spoke about some recent research from the University of Manchester which focuses on community participation and the things that motivate people to take on civic roles.

You can read Peter John, Edward Fieldhouse, Hanhua Liu's full article at the following link: 

How Civic is the Civic Culture?

Below are the notes I used for the session:

Is the feeling mutual? Mutuals, social enterprise & co-operatives

Thursday 20th October 2011 - 5pm @ Viewpoint Cafe

2nd of the Viewpoint events.  Richard Sant from the University of Portsmouth and other invited guests will be speaking to us.  Anyone with an interest in social enterprises and mutuals and the localism agenda is welcome to come along and join in the discussion.
Download the agenda for the meeting here.

Register to attend here.