by David McGlashan
This week we meet Matt Sadler, of Two Fingers Brewing Co, a social enterprise which donates all profits from its beer sales to Prostate Cancer UK. The company has secured distribution through a number of major supermarkets and excitingly their flagship beer Aurelio has received backing from Jamie Oliver and will be stocked in Jamie’s Italian restaurants throughout November.
This week’s Have I Got Social Enterprise News For You invites you to put on your party gear and sashay up the red carpet as we welcome you to an awards special. Invitations ready please, and if your name’s not on the list then you’re not coming in…
(All your names are on the list. We’re nice like that).
Social Entrepreneur of the Year Becky John celebrates with her two trophies.
Take your seats please…
by David McGlashan
Kieron Tilley is co-founder of We Walk the Line, a social enterprise which has recently celebrated its first birthday. The organisation aims to train disadvantaged individuals to become baristas, and teaches them the skills that they require to set up their own business. Kieron and his colleague Mat Corbett were participants in our last social franchising programme. 
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You know when something initially seems like a good idea but then turns out to be an absolute disaster? Crowbarring Halloween related words and phrases into this week’s Have I Got Social Enterprise News For You definitely falls into this category. It’s going to make painful reading I’m afraid. Godspeed to you.
Photo Credit: .Great Grandpa & Grandma T. via Compfight cc
Here’s this week’s news…
by Charlotte Young, SSE Chair of Trustees.
I was recently at one of those events that crystalizes all that I love about SSE. It was of course a graduation ceremony for some of those exceptional people who become Fellows. Hearing about their lives and the impact they are making always has the same impact on people at these events for whom it is the first time they’ve encountered SSE – emotion, inspiration and renewed optimism about what is possible. And it has exactly the same effect on me.
Charlotte Young, SSE Chair of Trustees
