Having a 'can-do' attitude, overcoming
challenges and implementing ideas is at the heart of effective
community and economic development and is more important than ever
in today's tough economic climate. Knowing how to foster
enterprise skills and enabling enterprising behaviour to flourish
is critical for any organisation such as ours whether we are
working with partners to develop new business start-up or business
growth programmes, or whether we are developing new social action
projects and volunteering initiatives to enable communities to have
a greater say and a greater sense of ownership of their own
affairs.
Richard Parkes says "As someone who built from
scratch and sold a successful business I know from first-hand
experience about the challenges that entrepreneurs face. It
was the toughest thing that I ever did
professionally - but we decided to do it all over again
at Rinova - and we're enjoying the challenge of joining the growing
ranks of social entrepreneurs in the UK".
Our leading staff have designed and delivered
innovative entrepeneurship programmes, social inclusion and
capacity building initiatives that have benefitted over 20,000 pre-
start and start up businesses, voluntary groups and social
enterprises. Our current work in this area includes:
- Business coaching for start-up and small
businesses
- Entrepreneurship initiatives for young people
- Reaching communities
- Volunteering and social action initiatives
- Youth empowerment
- Capacity building and support for social
enterprises
- Developing an international network of cultural
industries and creative, non-formal learning partners