by SSE students Melanie Glass (Devenishgirl Bakery) and Rosie Ginday (Miss Macaroon)
We are two social entrepreneurs who meet fortnightly to talk business, gain support and advice from one another and enjoy a drink. We began meeting about 18 months ago and, initially, the meetings had a business focus. However, we were both challenged by a session we were leading on Rosie’s MACMADs programme which involved helping the young people develop a five year plan. We realised we were helping them create something that we ourselves didn’t have. This also coincided with Melanie being challenged by a book by Chris Guillebeau called ‘The Art of Non-Conformity’. In it he talks about developing a year plan and then, each November, reviewing it before developing a new plan for the coming year.
