The Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) has been successful in ensuring that the social enterprise agenda is supported by all of the main political parties. We work hard to influence the positions of these political parties, in order to ensure that social enterprise is understood and supported regardless of who is in power. This work includes attending party conferences, influencing election manifestos and working with think tanks across the political spectrum.  

 

Political work in 2010

Social Enterprise Bill

Chris White MP has tabled a Private Members' Bill that calls for all public sector commissioning to factor in social value.  This will be debated in parliament on the 19th November and SEC is working closely with Chris White's office.  For more information on the bill, click here.

Party conferences 2010

SEC will be attending all three party conferences in 2010.  For more details of on our conference activites, click here.

General election campaign

In advance of the 2010 General Election, SEC launched a political campaign to raise the profile of social enterprise. 

This included publishing a Social Enterprise Manifesto and a charter asking politicians to pledge their support to social enterprise, which gained over 130 signatories.  More details are available on the campaigns section of the website. 

APPG on Social Enterprise

SEC runs the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Enterprise, which aim to raise the awareness and understanding of social enterprise amongst all parliamentarians.  For more information, please visit the APPG's website.