What is a social enterprise?
Introduction to social enterprise. For aspiring social entrepreneurs who want to find out more about social enterprise.
Course Summary
Short course introducing social enterprise and how it differs to charities and for profit businesses.
Course Curriculum
Heidi Fisher
Heidi is the founder of Make an Impact CIC – a social enterprise that supports other social enterprises, charities, public sector agencies and for-purpose organisations to better measure, manage and communicate their impact.
Heidi has been supporting organisations with impact measurement and management for over 20 years, working across all sectors, but she particularly loves working with organisations delivering health and social care, employability and skills, and financial inclusion, and using a Social Return on Investment approach. Heidi also loves organisations that don’t just want to tick boxes but genuinely want to go above and beyond, and continually focus on maximising the impact they have.
Heidi is multi-award winning and received an MBE for Services to Innovation in Social Enterprise and to Impact Measurement in the 2020 New Year Honours.
Heidi has worked with over 3,000 social enterprises, ranging from start-ups through to those with over £1 billion of income supporting them to become more sustainable, develop their trading income and to better measure, manage and communicate the impact they have. Heidi shares her experience and knowledge through delivering workshops and regularly delivers for universities and enterprise programmes in the UK and also globally.
Heidi is the author of two books, "Impact First: The social entrepreneur's guide to measuring, managing and growing your impact" and “Social Enterprise: How to successfully set up and grow a social enterprise.” Her vision is a world where all businesses are social enterprises that positively impact people and the planet.
