Social Enterprise at Teesside University

Karen RaceDeputy Director, Academic

Enterprise

• Began as a college supporting the engineering industry over 80 years ago

• Continued links with industry

• Strong central support department

• One of the first on campus incubators

• Embedded in local community

• Social Entrepreneur in Residence• UnLtd awards• Specialist mentors • Social enterprise workshops• entrepreneurs@tees• Project based activity, eg Food Co-

op• Junk to Funk• Enactus

Since September 2014 we have supported 23 social entrepreneurs.•9 social entrepreneurs at the ideas exploration stage. •4 new social enterprise start-ups and 8 in the pipeline.•We have supported 4 existing social enterprise businesses

• Regional partnership• Intensive weekend• ‘Lean’ start up methods

and group discussions• Groups supported by

social entrepreneurs• Social innovation

• Engaging social entrepreneurs requires new routes

• ‘Social’ projects work• Innovation will come

from forming multi-disciplinary teams

• Social enterprise support is different