Enabling a culture of social entrepreneurship

in higher education

@khbelizaire @unltd

Social Entrepreneurship Research & Capacity building within Universities

OUR VISIONA world where people act to make it better

OUR MISSION

UnLtd reaches out and unleashes the energies of people who can transform the world in which they live.

We call these people social entrepreneurs.

THREE MAIN AREAS OF FOCUS

• Supporting social entrepreneurs to start-up

• Supporting those with more established ventures to scale-up

• Developing the ecosystem of support for social entrepreneurs to make it easier for people to find help, get started, and thrive.

OVERVIEW OF UNLTD

OUR WORK

We back around 1000 people each year to start their own ventures for social or environmental benefit, with a mix of cash, development support and networking.

We then support around 50 per year to get to scale, with more intensive support.

We support other agencies in the UK and internationally to develop their own start up social entrepreneur support programmes.

Backing social entrepreneurs

WHY SUPPORTSOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS?

43%Proportion of Award Winners whose ventures employ at least one person

2,700Total employed by 1,014 respondents to Annual Survey 2012

£45mEstimate annual wage value of these jobs

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONSOCIAL IMPACT

Data come from Annual Survey 2012, which was sent to 4,300 current and former Award Winners supported since 2003. 1014 responded.

1.2 millionThe total number of beneficiaries reached by Annual Survey respondents in a year

95% Award Winners who create social capital and

promote trust in communities

62,000Volunteering opportunities created by survey

respondents in a year

BUDDING AMBITIONMore people, the young especially are starting up a social venture

GROWING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION

WHO’S WHO?

59 HEIs and 26 Colleges across England & Wales

AWARENESS TO LEADERSHIPadopt, adapt, embed, amplify

PHASE 1

2009-2011 Awareness: UnLtd deliver in 70 HEI’s

PHASE 2

2012 -2013 UnLtd support 56 HEI’s deliver support

PHASE 3

2013 – 2015 HE sector will lead on knowledge exchange,

skills transfer and mainstreaming support in HE sector

• Talent Scout: facilitate outreach and marketing activities

• Pre Application Support : to develop and hone their ideas up to application level

• Decision Making: responsible for the assessment and selection of Award Winners

• Funding: manage the Awards funding, make payment to Award Winners

• Support: independently supporting Award Winners, wider support eco-system engagement for additional support, investment, tools

WHAT’S THE MODEL?

HEI’s - Find, Fund and Support Talent

OUR AWARDSHEIs are adapting and adopting

TRY IT

• Up to £500• To test an idea• To develop

confidence and entrepreneurial skills

DO IT

• Up to £5,000• Grow an

entrepreneurial idea

• Potential to achieve social change

BUILD IT

• Up to £15,000• For existing

ventures ambitious to grow

FAST GROWTH

• Up to £20,000• Can be given to

ventures at any stage of development

• For people ambitious to scale rapidly

AWARDSDECISION MAKING MODELS

• Peer review

• Assessor recommendation

• Panel/steering group (e.g. quarterly, competition)

AWARDSCRITERIA

Awardees must be: • Living in the UK for the duration of the project• Staff, student or recent graduate (within 1 year) at your HEI• An Individual or part of small informal group Projects must: • Benefit the public or a UK community• Need an award to ensure success• Be a Learning Opportunity for the Award Winner(s)• Not be part of the Award Winner’s paid employment• Be an entrepreneurial solution to a social problem• Not be for activities outside the law, against public policy or

anything that fosters ethnic, religious or commercial disharmony

AWARDS MAKINGPROCESS Award Type

Application

Assessment

Decision-Making

Award Winner

Payment

Financial Review

Transition

RESEARCH & EVALUATION

• Award Winner Data Monitoring

• Quarterly Monitoring

• UnLtd Research

• HEI Led Research

HE Support Programme Phase 1: 2009 - 2011

Outcomes and impact

• UnLtd delivered support to social entrepreneurs in 70 HEI’s

• 200 new social ventures created by staff and students across 70 HEIs

• After 12 months: each social venture achieved on average 540 beneficiaries, average of 2 jobs,12 volunteers, and £5,800 in additional income.

• Evaluation showed social entrepreneurship adds value to HE through enhanced teaching, research impact, knowledge exchange, staff development – benefits which multiplied as they passed to student

• Evidence of social entrepreneurship as ‘learning by doing’ approach

Phase 2 - 2012-2013

Outcomes & Impact (early stages of evaluation)

• 56 HEI’s find, fund and support over 750 social entrepreneurs• Cash awards over £1.4m, plus development support• Diversity of institutional types• 69% of HEI’s partnering with other organisations to deliver

support e.g. community based support organisations and student societies

• 49% of HEI’s working with other HEI’s to provide support• Understanding and support has grown at sector level

The majority expect to continue supporting social entrepreneurs and embed the changes made

Phase 3 - 2013-2015

KEY AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT

• Build towards critical mass• Expert regional clusters led by HEI’s• Graduate training programme run by HEI’s• Partnership innovation fund• Early stage to social investment support• HEI led Train the supporter system • National Learning and Knowledge Network• Learning Centre, and data commons

HEI CASE-STUDIES

HEI CASE-STUDIES

HEI CASE-STUDIES

CASE-STUDIES

RESEARCH & RESOURCES

Social Entrepreneurship Toolkithttp://unltd.org.uk/socialentrepreneurshiptoolkit/

A guide to utilizing university intellectual property for benefit of societyhttp://unltd.org.uk/2013/03/20/social-enterprise-and-university

HE Support Case-studieshttp://hefce.unltd.org.uk/

Latest Evaluation of HE Support Programmehttp://unltd.org.uk/2013/10/11/evaluation-of-the-higher-education-support-programme/

THANK YOU!

www.unltd.org.uk/HEsupport

@khbelizaire @unltd