English for Social Entrepreneurship

Kaunas, Lithuania
March 4th-8th, 2019
This project is realised with the financial support
received from the European Commission within the
Erasmus+ Programme. The content of the publication is
the sole responsibility of its publisher(s), and it in no
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 What is Social Entrepreneurship?

To put it simply it is doing business for a social

cause. It might also be called altruistic
entrepreneurship as it focuses on social needs and
tries to help us build something bigger and better.
 It is a type of business that, like most companies pursue economic
goals, but it is more important for it to realize social goals. Social
cooperatives are self-funding and for-profit businesses but they
also have a mission to tackle global issues such as:
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alleviating hunger
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improving education
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combating climate change
However they work not only on global scale but
mainly in local communities. If entrepreneur
makes money by selling something – the
company’s customers know that their purchase
will help support a stated cause for example will
pay for school lunches for poor kids from the area.
 The main principles of social business
1)The objective for a social business is to overcome
poverty or deal with some problem like education,
nutrition, healthcare, environment
2)The money earned should be reinvested back in
for scaling the business and for improvement to
reach more people or to improve the quality of
services.
 The use of internet
Social networking and social media websites are very
useful as they help social entrepreneurs to reach a
large number of people who are not geographically
close yet who share the same goals and encourage
them to collaborate online, learn about the issues,
disseminate information about the group's events and
activities, and raise funds through crowdfunding.
 Social cooperatives in Poland
There are over 1266 social cooperatives in Poland. They
deal with various types of services. The social cooperative is
not focused on maximizing profit - its main goal is to restore
the work market by the joint venture of people at risk of
social exclusion who find it difficult to find employment.
They mainly deal with such issues as: education, retail trade,
social services, sports and leisure.
Social cooperatives in our region
 Spółdzielnia Socjalna “Radość”
Social cooperative “JOY”
It offers caregiving for senior citizens, children
and disabled people.
 Spółdzielnia Socjalna “Bajkolandia”
Social cooperative “Fairy-tale Land”
It offers caregiving for children and organizing
birthday parties for kids.
 Spółdzielnia Socjalna “Muka”
Social cooperative “Muka”
It offers catering services for all kinds of
parties and events
 Spółdzielnia Socjalna “Misiowo”
Social cooperative “Teddy bear kindergarten”
It is a kindergarten run as a social business
Spółdzielnia Socjalna “Górskie Media”
Social cooperative “Mountain Media”

It is local internet television run as a social

business
 To sum up:
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Social entrepreneurship is important because it maximizes social
benefit
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social value and social change are key parts of any social enterprise
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Monetary profit is a tool for to achieve people-centered goals.
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social entrepreneurship gives society positive world-changing
solutions at a time when we need them.
Social Entrepreneurship is a mission to
make the world a better place
Thank you for your attention :)

This presentation was prepared by :

Weronika Gorczyca
Karolina Leśniak
Jan Acela
Adam Pawluś
This project is realised with the financial support received from the
European Commission within the Erasmus+ Programme. The content
of the publication is the sole responsibility of its publisher(s), and it in
no way represents the views of the European Commission or its
services.