Social Enterprise
What is a Social Enterprise?
A Social Enterprise is a business that trades to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances or the environment. It trades by selling goods or services just like any other business. It is how they work and what they do with their profits that is different; working to make a bigger difference and reinvesting any profits, after costs, into delivering their social aims.
Examples include Big Issue, Oxfam and the Eden Project. In Pembrokeshire there are over 30 Social Enterprises operating including Get the boys a Lift, Stackpole Walled Garden, Pembrokeshire FRAME and many village halls and community buildings.
What support is available?
Through Pembrokeshire’s new ‘Catalysts for Care’ Project our Social Enterprise Catalyst, provides free 1-1 support to individuals and groups to explore and potentially form Social Enterprises which will help and deliver support to individuals by providing services which will keep them well at home and active in their communities, ultimately enhancing their wellbeing. Ideas for Social Enterprises include services performing help around the home, gardening, shopping, support with pets, beauty and hairdressing to name a few.
Why become a Social Enterprise?
Health and Social Care in Wales is changing from a service that just treats illness to one that keeps people well, prevents ill-health and provides any help that you may need early on. The Welsh Government has placed a duty on local authorities to promote Social Enterprises to deliver care and support and preventative services for adults, children, young people, carers, their families and communities.
The aim of the duty is to expand the range of Social Enterprises in the social care sector. The intention is to increase the diversity of provision available, tap into and support innovation and creativity and increase community resilience.
Our Social Enterprise Catalyst will be encouraging local people in communities across Pembrokeshire to use their skills and talents in ways to set up new emerging enterprises to deliver care and support services. Encouraging people living in communities to use their knowledge of their community to start enterprises to bridge the gap in services where they occur.
Social Enterprise Manifesto
Wales Co-operative Centre, in conjunction with other organisations such as UnLtd and Social Firms Wales, have recently launched their Social Enterprise Manifesto.
Manifesto-report-FINAL-ENG.pdf (wales.coop)
“Throughout the pandemic, social enterprises across Wales helped keep people in work and provided crucial community support and vital services.
We’ve outlined the steps that we believe the next Welsh Government should take in order to support us, and other social enterprises across Wales” Wales Co-operative Centre.
How to contact us
See our list of staff contact details and make direct contact with the person you need.
Alternatively our office phone line is open between 10am and 2pm each day on 01437 769422
Our generic email is enquiries@pavs.org.uk
Registered Office: 36/38 High Street
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 2DA
Office Hours
Our staff are now working in a hybrid way which means they may not be in the office, but working from other venues or home working. Due to changes in the way we now work, we are not holding meetings or running training events in person from our premises. However, if you wish to meet with a member of staff then please email them directly or call their business mobile number. The staff contact list is kept up to date with the most recent information.
If you do need to call at our premises, we have an intercom system at our front entrance, so just ring the bell and wait to be answered by one of the team. From 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am to 4.30pm on a Friday (except on Bank Holidays) there will be someone there who is able to answer you. If you are just delivering mail, then please use the letter box on the front door.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
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