SEUK is delighted to announce the shortlist for nine of the fourteen categories.
The Social Enterprise Awards is a national competition designed to celebrate the brilliant work being carried out by people and organisations across the social enterprise sector. The finalists for the remaining five categories will be announced later in October.
The winners will be revealed at an evening ceremony on Monday 12th November. Find out more and book tickets. Early bird tickets on sale until 19 October.
SEUK would like to thank the sponsors of the 2012 Awards: CAN, PwC, BP in conjunction with the arc programme, The Nominet Trust, The British Council and Real Partners CIC. Read more about the sponsors.
FINALISTS
Category 6 ??? Evidence of Impact
FRC Group | Grow Enterprise Wales | HCT Group | Impact Arts Craft Caf?? | P3 Service
Category 7 ??? Social Entrepreneur of the Year
Ruth Churchill Dower | Neil Matheson | Atif Choudhury | Richard Leighton | Jayne Hulbert and Jayne Cresswell
Category 8 ??? Social Enterprise Town
Walsall & The Black Country | Tiree | Blackpool | Alston Moor, Cumbria | Grimsby
Category 9 ??? Social Enterprise Champion
David Adair | Terry Waite CBE | Miles Lockwood | Jane Pritchard
Category 10 ??? Finance / Investment Deal of the Year
My Time CIC/Big Issue Invest | Key Fund | Social Investment Scotland | Investing for Good | Age UK Enterprises
Category 11 ??? Employee / Volunteer of the Year
Alistair Hall | Bill Small | Gillian Gilsenan | Ian Browse | Zandra French
Category 12 ??? Social Enterprise Tranistion
Plymouth Community Healthcare CIC | Talking Mats | CHUMS | Bevan Healthcare CIC | Accelerate CIC
Category 13 ??? Innovation Best New Product or Service
Glasgow Credit Union | Give a Car | Fusion 21 | Kibble Education & Care Centre and npEnterprise Forum | Care Plus Group
Category 14 ??? International Social Enterprise of the Year
Diamond Cabs | Shared Interest Society | Balloon Kenya | Shenzhen Canyou Group Co. Ltd | AfriKids Medical Centre