Our activities and impact

Our activities and impact

What started out as an annual event has grown into an organisation that provides a range of activities serving not only social enterprises but also policymakers, corporates, academics and more.

The SEWF Impact Model

Social enterprise is part of a global response to a broken economic system that is increasing inequality and causing a climate emergency. SEWF’s goal is to strengthen the global social enterprise movement to accelerate our transition to a new economy. We do this using a three-pronged approach to increase our impact, reach and authority.

Collective visibility and identity

Steward People and Planet First to provide verification and visibility for all enterprises that put people and planet first.

Activities include:
  • Verification
  • Global campaign

Movement building

Capacity-building, convening and collective action for sustainable change.

Activities include:
  • Community
  • Events
  • Resource Library and Video Library

Influencing wider systems

Advocate for and champion the development of the most effective and progressive social enterprise policy.

Activities include:
  • SEWF Policy Forum
  • Rural Social Enterprise Action Manifesto
  • Research collaboration
  • Resource development

Our activities

Events

Events remain the backbone of the work we do at SEWF. Having proven that a digital event model can work, we have expanded our event offering to provide even more opportunities for networking, idea sharing, inspiration and learning throughout the year. We are now exploring hybrid options to make our events more accessible to all online and in-person.

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Policy

Effective government policy has the greatest potential to grow the social enterprise movement and help transition the world to a global impact economy. SEWF is involved in a number of activities designed to support the development of effective social enterprise policy and strategy.

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Resources

A large part of how we support social enterprises and policymakers is through our extensive bank of resources. These include our global mapping project, video archive, database of strategies (country, state, provincial and municipal) and research. These are available to access free of charge.

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Get involved

Whatever your involvement or interest in social enterprise, find out more about how you can get involved with our mission to champion the social enterprise sector and accelerate the creation of a new economy.

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