Opportunities to change direction in your career or gain skills and experience as a social entrepreneur
Thanks to Laura Keough, friend of the Social Economy Project, for sending these. If you know of other opportunities for people to develop as social entrepreneurs around the world, please ‘Leave a reply’ at the bottom of this blog post. No need to create an account.
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On Purpose
On Purpose is “committed to attracting and developing talent to address the greatest issues faced by society and the environment”.
It runs a one-year, full time, leadership programme that combines paid work placements with weekly training and regular one-to-one coaching and mentoring.
Applications open in August to become an Associate of On Purpose in April 2014. UK-based.
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Whether you have a great idea for a social enterprise but need help to get it off the ground, or if you have an existing enterprise that you are looking to grow then the School for Social Entrepreneurs has a course for you!
To find the course most suitable for you, select ‘Find a Course‘, enter the country that you are in and then select the school that you would like to attend. If you would like to see all the courses that school offers, select ‘show me everything’ (Australia, Canada, UK).
Year Here
Year Here challenges ambitious and entrepreneurial young people to a gap year fellowship tackling social issues in their own backyard.
Year Here fellows serve at the frontline of Britain’s social sector, build a real solution to some of the toughest problems in society, and benefit from a prestigious programme of training, mentoring and work experience with some of the leading lights of Britain’s social innovation field.
They are looking for “bright, thoughtful and creative people”