RISE (Resilience & Innovation for Social Enterprise)

This one hour session allows us to get to know each other. We explore by asking questions and carefully listening to gain a good understanding of your professional journey, your talents and expertise, your motivations and ambitions. We can also spend time introducing you to the digital tools which will be used through the programme so that you feel confident using them.

In our first workshop we’ll get to know each other, share the stories behind our social enterprises and our individual journeys. We’ll build confidence using online tools and begin to explore some of the themes which relate to social enterprises in Newcastle using design-thinking activities.

Building on session one, we’ll explore some of the opportunities and challenges that impact social enterprises in the Newcastle. We’ll use creative tools to make sense of complex issues and draw out patterns and themes. Together we’ll build an understanding of Newcastle as a social enterprise city and explore what it will feel like to operate as a social enterprise within it. We will probe creative ways that assets and resources could contribute towards this vision.

In our third workshop we’ll bring focus to your organisation and understand its innovation readiness. We will explore how your enterprise might change and evolve in line with our shared vision of Newcastle as a social enterprise city and we’ll start to identify different pathways which could be explored. We will investigate opportunities for collaboration and support between organisations

This one-to-one session will allow us to work more closely with you to develop the key points of interest for your organisation from the previous session. We’ll creatively explore different eventualities and help you understand how you might to take advantage of the opportunities available. We will work from our shared vision of success to an outline of actionable goals and pathways for your enterprise. This session also allows us to reflect on the previous sessions, evaluate the outcomes of the programme, and generate valuable feedback.