Social Enterprises in Taiwan
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Kinmen Jincheng Houp
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic turned Kinmen County's NT$5.6 billion tourism output value to zero. Therefore, Kinmen Jincheng Houpu Commercial Area Development Association foresaw that it must provide a more attractive way to catch people's eyes. It spent 3 years building a "Storytelling Commercial Area" ecosystem, integrating the history, culture, and digitalization to promote coexistence and co-prosperity.
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Coastline Environmen
A home-returning young couple complemented sustainable hometown goals as a daily practice through their passion for the local scene. They built up a different coastline style through Agri-food education and an art ecosystem of coastline.
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Taiwan Chief Executi
For more than 10 years, the Taiwan Chief Executive Officer Club for Social Benefit has established its rooted in Yunlin to support the employment and entrepreneurship of the local youths. In recent years, it has promoted Yunlin's local culture with its cultural research for years. Through various approaches such as culinary design, souvenir development, and sugar industry cultural experiences, the Club has gained recognition from the locals and visitors.
International Development
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UK Social Enterprise Report: First Step Trust
First Step Trust (FST) provides work and training opportunities for people excluded from work because of their disadvantages via diversified business models (business services).
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UK Social Enterprise Report: The Big Issue Invest
To encourage charity organizations and businesses to join the ranks of social reform to eradicate poverty together and help social enterprises to grow, TBI established its investment-oriented subsidiary: The Big Issue Invest.
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The Promotion of Social Enterprises and Ecosystem Development in the U
Social enterprises in the UK were originally merely a component of local economic activities and were never part of the government's major policy considerations. However, ever since former Prime Minister Tony Blair publicly voiced his support for social entrepreneurs in his first policy speech delivered in 1997...
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UK Social Enterprise Report:The Hub Westminster
The Hub is a globally renowned chain co-working space. On its website, it clearly reads, “We are an innovation lab, industry incubation center and social enterprise community center. This is a global community spanning across five major continents with over 7,000 members offering diverse resources, creativities and cooperative opportunities in order to help develop and expand your business and influence.”
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UK Social Enterprise Report: Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
The research center affiliated to Oxford University focuses on the primary mission of offering world-class courses on social entrepreneurship, professional research and creating a common workspace.
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Money Does Grow on Trees: Green Leaves to Greenbacks
After Kamikatsu’s cash crops were devastated by a harsh cold front during the 1980s, Tomoji Yokoishi headed the effort to turn over a new leaf and found hope for the town in the surrounding mountains.
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PlayMoolah: Game App Helps Realizing Dreams
If you don’t know how to manage money, you will never achieve wealth. Audrey Tan and Min Lee discovered that money management is very similar to health management but is very different from regular learning.
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Three Cheers for a Better World!
There is a unique bar in Melbourne, Australia, where customers can contribute to the world while savoring Vietnamese baguette, coffee or drinking exotic brews. Welcome to the renowned Shebeen, located on 36 Manchester Lane.
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Lambeth: City with Boundless Dreams
In 2010, Lambeth proposed the concept of a Cooperative Council which invites public participation to make the city better. The Open Works is a live prototype of mass participation in creating a network to transform their neighborhood.