Now in their fifth year these prestigious International Awards run by Ogunte, the social business that helps female social entrepreneurs to develop, have been presented to campaigners and social entrepreneurs in the UK and abroad.
This year’s winners will be announced during an event sponsored by Ernst and Young on June 14th 2011, at 6pm.
Location: Ernst and Young - 1 More London Place - London SE1 2AF – UK
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At the event three winners will be announced from the nine finalists (listed below). The award categories are: Social Business Leader of the Year, Leader in Charities, Networks and Campaigns for Social Change, Leader in the Workplace
The winners will each receive business coaching and mentoring support from experts to help them further develop their work.
Confirmed speakers:
Lucy Siegle - The Observer - BBC1 The One Show
Sam Roddick - Coco de Mer - Bondage for Freedom
Servane Mouazan - Ogunte - Global Tribal Network
Special Appearance from Mestra Rilene - Capoeira Amazonas
Commenting on the finalists Servane Mouazan, CEO of Oguntê Ltd said; “These finalists have all made an incredible impact on society through their innovative ideas, courage and sheer hard work. They have stepped out of the tramlines of convention and been brave enough to try something different.
“There has been a lot of debate about creating a Big Society and how to do it. These women are showing how it is done and demonstrating that with generosity, focus, confidence and robust networks, you can achieve great and measurable social change.”
The nine finalists:
Category: Social Business Leader of the Year, 2011.
In 2006, Catherine set up a market stall and a year later opened a shop in London, selling unpackaged organic products. By asking customers to provide their own packaging Unpackaged estimates that each household shopping there saves on average £470 per annum and this also reduces the amount of packaging waste that goes to landfill.
In 2008, Becky John set up an ethical, fashion workers co-operative specialising in female underwear. She empowers marginalised women by providing employment, education, social and community space. Becky believes "Nobody has the right to wear a cheap pair of knickers that means a child has had to work 14-hour days.”
Jess Cordingly founded Future First which is a social business working to revolutionise careers advice and build communities in schools across the UK. They do this by bringing former students back to their old schools and colleges to inspire, advise and guide current pupils.
Category: Leader in Charities, and Campaigns for Social Change 2011
Rioch Edwards-Brown | UK | The Five Percenters For 14 years, without pay or funding, Rioch has run The Five Percenters – a 24 hour free advisory service for families who have been wrongly accused (1 in 20 cases) of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). Rioch is campaigning for 24:14 - a nationwide protocol in all UK hospitals to allow doctors to tell the difference between abuse and non-abuse.
Jo founded The Special Yoga Centre in 2004 to give yoga therapy for children with special needs a nurturing and inclusive home and to make yoga accessible to all. Her aim is to develop and implement yoga therapy programmes that allow all children to receive the significant benefits of yoga and help them in reaching their fullest potential. Thanks to the Special Yoga Centre, these children are calmer, sleep better, and are more able to focus and integrate socially. Samantha Cameron is an Honorary Patron of The Special Yoga Centre.
DigiSteps bring about digital inclusion for those most alienated from modern day technologies by providing one to one training sessions for would be silver surfers." Under Kathryn' s supervision, as their teacher, the self-styled ‘Internet Rangers’, four teenagers from a school, developed a course specifically targeted at training older people. Their venture is now supported by Martha Lane Fox.
Category: Leader in the Workplace 2011
Lina created Impulso, providing small loans to people who lack credit history and therefore cannot meet even the most minimal qualifications to gain access to traditional credit. Impulso brings financial and technical support to low-income micro-entrepreneurs while linking them to “Social Angel Investors” all over the world.
At 21, Allie left Chicago for Cambodia, where she started the Pari Project. The organisation works with over 30 NGOs to help them raise funds, become more transparent and improve their services. Most of their work is based in Cambodia and they are now expanding to help projects in Africa. Pari is directed and staffed by a team of socially minded development professionals, who have dedicated their lives and their work to the fight against poverty.
Since 2009 Liz has been breaking cycles of generations of poverty, abuse, neglect and exploitation within over 600 vulnerable families in estates in Bolton, next to Manchester. She supports their transition back into mainstream society, enabling some of them to start their own enterprises. Within these estates groups have been created including Parent & Toddler groups, Women’s groups, elite groups (over 50’s), Kidz clubs, all of which are resident-led and mentored by the Roots Project.
Click here to discover the international judging panel.
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