Coming up at SSE next week….Social Enterprise Question Time

On Wednesday 14th Jan come and join our debate: ‘Social investment, friend or foe?’.

After something of an extended hiatus, The School for Social Entrepreneurs and Social Spider have once again teamed up to bring you another edition of Social Enterprise Question Time.

This time, we’ll be debating the merits of social investment. Is it the future of funding for the social enterprise sector, or a lame duck that should be put out of its misery?

Making up our panel are:

  • Kathy Evans, Chief Executive, Children England
  • Holly Piper, Senior Investment Manager, CAF Venturesome
  • Daniel Brewer, Chief Executive, Resonance
  • Ben Allen – Oopmh!
  • Les Huckfield – NCIA

This promises to be a lively debate! Come along and have your say – all opinions welcome. It’s an informal event open to all.

The event takes place at our London offices (2nd floor, The Fire Station, 139 Tooley ST, SE1 2HZ from 6pm -7.30pm on Weds 14th January and is free to attend:

 

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