Our values

Integrity

We do what we say we’re going to do. We take ownership and responsibility for our actions. We rely on open, authentic relationships.

Entrepreneurial

We innovate with purpose to create value and deliver results. Bold and ambitious in our thinking, we blend creativity and commercial acumen to maximise impact. Resourceful and solutions-focused, we ensure our actions drive sustainable growth and meaningful outcomes.

Impactful

Everything we do is ultimately about creating impact and achieving our vision and mission. We are impact-focused in all we do.

Collaborative

We achieve more when we work together and partner with others. We are in service to our social entrepreneurs and fellows and are committed to amplifying their work. We have fun together. We ask others for help so we can find solutions.

Equitable

We value talent, merit and insights. We recognise that due to circumstances and systems some people face more challenges to achieve the same goal and therefore we aim to amplify the practice of the underrepresented in our programmes and in how we work.

More about our commitment to inclusion

Diversity is a fact of life. Inclusion is a choice and a practice – for organisations and individuals.

At SSE, our aim is to drive inclusion into every area and activity of what we do: from access to programmes, to grant investment, to board, staff and partnerships.

We challenge ourselves to build diverse teams. We recognise that diverse teams improve the quality and richness of our work, and that diverse connections are essential for creating lasting change.

We choose to be consciously inclusive and to champion the value of diversity.

Learn more about how we’ve committed to inclusion:

• We invite your to hold us accountable to our commitments to becoming an anti-racist organisation – read an update on our work in this area from April 2022 
• Why social enterprises hold the answer to the social sector’s diversity problem
• 35 ways we’ve become more inclusive and accessible
• How ‘nice progressive white people’ need to challenge themselves to make the social sector more inclusive
• How we are making our student recruitment process more inclusive