Swindon Social Enterprise Network (SSEN) will hold its fourth“networking” eventon Wednesday 5thJune in Metro Bank,1 –4 Regent Street, Swindon, SN1 1JQ. The SSEN will be premiering its latest short movie produced by local social enterprise; Create Studios which focuses on the work of the Swindon Night Shelter and Becky Davison from the organisation will talk about their expansion in recent years.
The event will commence at 4.30pm with an opportunity to mingle with other attendees over tea/coffee/juice and biscuits. At 5pm a formal welcome, introduction to the event and update about the SSEN’s work will be delivered bya member of the steering group.
Becky Davison, whowas one of the founders of the Swindon Night Shelterback in 2008,will talk about the work of the charity with the homeless andthose in financial need. The organisationhas grown rapidly in recent years and it now runsa hostel on a Friday night, the Haven day supportcentre, a busy warehouse,two “in the community”cafes and their latest venture: The Hub shop & café.
Becky realised some timeago that the charity needed to move towards becoming more financially self-supportingand initially set up two community café’s. The most recent venture: “The Hub”, shop & cafewas set up last year and James Phipps,of the SSEN steering group has been working with Becky to further developand optimizethe business over the past few months.
Becky says; “It’s been a blessing working with James. We now employ a part-time shop and a part-time cafémanager and alongside all the wonderful volunteerswe now make an ongoingprofit which makes a significant contribution to the costs of our outreachactivities. Our experience has been such that we would encourage any charityto investigatecreating a trading income stream”.
The event will finish with a further opportunity to network and informally talk to Beckyand members of the SSEN steering group closing at around 6-6.15pm.Places for the event are free and can be booked here:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swindon-social-enterprise-network-meeting-tickets-61684202109
