Posted 14th November 2014
The UK’s top performing social enterprises in the running to win a share of ￡30k prize fund
Now in its 5th year, the leading market intelligence tool for social ventures, the RBS SE100 Index, is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 2014 awards. The Index is an online listing of social enterprises, ranked and scored according to their growth and social impact. The SROI Network is proud to support the SE100 as a partner, providing assistance with due diligence during the awards decision process.
The 2014 winners will share a ￡30, 000 prize fund that will be awarded at the RBS SE100 Annual Awards on the 24th November 2014, at the Good Deals social investment conference in London. The shortlist is divided into five categories: Sustainable Growth, Social Impact, Trailblazing Newcomer and the Resilience and Storyteller awards:
Growth champion nominees:
Manor House Development Trust
Ripplez CIC
P3 Charity
Co-Wheels
Changing Lives in Cheshire
EBP
Goodwill Solutions
Impact champion nominees:
Cockpit Arts
FRC Group
Patchwork People
Goodwill Solutions
Social adVentures
Wellbeing Works
Trailblazing newcomer nominees:
The Bidgley Power Foundation
Realise Futures CIC
Bad Idea organisation CIC
Citizen Bank
Storyteller award nominees:
Patchwork People
John Taylor Hospice
Cause 4
The Fig Tree
Landlife National Wildflower Centre
Shared Interest
Resilience award nominees:
BELU water
The Reader Organisation
FRC Group
John Taylor Hospice
Duncan Sloan, RBS Head of Community Banking, said: “RBS has been supporting businesses set up to solve social problems for many years. The social enterprise sector is a valuable part of the UK economy and it is our aim to support its development. The RBS SE100 awards allow us to celebrate the successes of the UK’s social enterprises. Sometimes social enterprises need funding to get off the ground, other times they need access to the right networks to ensure they can evolve. The RBS SE100 index provides just that, and is a key initiative in our commitment to the success of the social enterprise sector.”
Further details about the shortlisted organisations can be found on: SE100.net