6 August 2020
Brewin Dolphin, the wealth manager, in partnership with the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), has successfully completed the selection of 16 social entrepreneurs from across the UK to the SSE’s Start Up Plus programme. The chosen social entrepreneurs have now embarked on a learning programme to get their fledgling community-focused business off the ground.
Among the budding entrepreneurs are Steve Hutson and Manu Maunganidze, who will run their respective start-up social enterprises in Bristol.
Steve Hutson
Steve Hutson established Young Visions (www.youngvisions.online), a social enterprise delivering virtual reality workshops for PSHE (personal, social, health and economic) education across Bristol. Topics will focus initially on knife crime, mental health, poverty and homelessness. Steve’s lived experience will help to inform young people of the risks and consequences of engaging in certain activity, such as knife crime, as well as recognising the triggers and coping mechanisms for mental health.
Manu Maunganidze
Manu Maunganidze created Nature Youth Connections and Education CIC (NYCE) (nyce.org.uk) to deliver environmental education, a love of the outdoors and to inspire community action among young people in Bristol, who would usually be excluded from such experiences. Manu has been working with young people in Bristol for the past nine years and has noticed that often ethnic minority and low-income groups are far less likely to participate in the outdoors or be engaged in environmental activism in the UK. NYCE was set-up to address some of this imbalance in some of the most deprived areas of Bristol by providing activity away days and camps, as well as support and advice where needed. Manu hopes that through the skills young people gain and the experiences they share, they can become better equipped to respond to the issues affecting them and their communities.
About the SSE’s Start Up Plus programme
The range of social enterprises comprising this year’s Start Up Plus programme are diverse, covering arts-based initiatives, to food enterprises helping those living below the poverty line, to mental health schemes and environmental projects.
Earlier this year, Brewin Dolphin announced its partnership with the School for Social Entrepreneurs to work with the charity organisation to attract social entrepreneurs from around the UK. With the Covid-19 pandemic taking hold and the UK going into lockdown, the cohort of 16 were chosen through a virtual selection process, comprising assessment sessions and interviews. The cohort will now embark on a six-month learning programme to develop their entrepreneurial skills and learn how to build stronger trading skills to achieve lasting impact. They will learn from inspiring social entrepreneurs and experts about what it takes to manage and grow their organisation.
Brewin Dolphin employees from many of its 33 regional offices will be involved throughout the programme by offering the 16 social entrepreneurs their expertise and insights through virtual mentoring and networking sessions.
Rosie Richardson-Aitken, corporate responsibility manager, Brewin Dolphin, said:“The SSE’s Start Up Plus programme is a fantastic way to nurture entrepreneurial talent whilst also finding the social changemakers of the future. During the assessment and selection process, we saw some wonderful social enterprise ideas that showcased the vision people have for affecting positive change in society. We are excited to see how these social entrepreneurs will now build and grow their businesses.”
Sacha Rose-Smith, director of programmes and learning, The School for Social Entrepreneurs, said:“We are delighted to be working in partnership with Brewin Dolphin in running a six-month action-based learning programme for start-up level social entrepreneurs. The cohort for this new SSE programme is diverse and working on exciting projects ranging from virtual reality to sustainable fashion. We can’t wait to see how they develop throughout their journey with us and use their organisations to change lives and transform communities.”
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PRESS INFORMATION
For further information, please contact:
Richard Janes richard.janes@brewin.co.uk / Tel. +44 (0) 20 3201 3343
Payal Nair payal.nair@brewin.co.uk / Tel: +44 (0) 20 3201 3342
NOTES TO EDITORS
Disclaimers:
- The value of investments can fall and you may get back less than you invested
- Brewin Dolphin is authorised and regulated by the FCA (Financial Services Register reference number 124444)
About Brewin Dolphin
Brewin Dolphin is a UK FTSE 250 provider of discretionary wealth management. With £46.7* billion in total funds, it offers award-winning personalised wealth management services that meet the varied needs of our clients including individuals, charities and corporates.
We give clients security and wellbeing by helping them to protect and grow their wealth, in order to enrich their lives by achieving their goals and aspirations. Our services range from bespoke, discretionary investment management to retirement planning and tax-efficient investing. Our focus on discretionary investment management has led to significant growth in client funds and we now manage £40.6* billion on a discretionary basis.
Our intermediary business manages £14.2* billion of assets for over 1,700 advice firms either on a discretionary basis or via our Managed Portfolio Service.
In line with the premium we place on personal relationships, we’ve built a network of 33 offices across the UK, Jersey and Dublin, staffed by qualified investment managers and financial planners. We are committed to the most exacting standards of client service, with long-term thinking and absolute focus on our clients’ needs at the core.
*as at 30th June 2020