See the Mark in action – Social Enterprise Mark

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Read how businesses certified with the Social Enterprise Mark are helping society

Vision Housing Consultancy Services support ex-offenders on their release from prison in and around London

Selwood Housing provides over 5,600 homes for rent at affordable prices and aims to develop 100 new homes every year for people in housing need

ADP Projects CIC is unique in its delivery of building design and refurbishment services for organisations with society at their heart

2nd Chance is a furniture-recycling certified social enterprise run by Chapter 1 to reuse donated items of furniture

See how the Social Enterprise Mark is used in the media

O2 supported their customers with a bursary to get the Mark – see it on their website.

The Independent newspaper carried a supplement focussing on social enterprise, where the Social Enterprise Mark was featured and endorsed by the certified social enterprises advertising in the supplement.

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Why is the Mark important to social enterprises?

Tim Smit, Eden Project: "The Mark is the flag, the rallying cry and the sign of the legitimacy of a new way of doing business which will, in due course, come to be seen as the way most business should be done. In short, it is the Mark of a movement that gives capitalism a social heart and anyone who cares deeply about this, will wear the badge with pride"

Nigel Kershaw, The Big Issue: "The Big Issue was set up to find a business solution to the social crisis of homelessness. We are proud to be a social enterprise, proud to be part of a movement and the Social Enterprise Mark on our cover tells our readers just that."

Vivian Woodell, The Phone Co-op: "The achievement of the Social Enterprise Mark is very exciting for us. The Mark is such an important step in raising awareness so that more people will buy from and engage with social enterprises. We are optimistic about what the Mark can achieve and we delighted to be a part of it."

Louise Gardner of the Watershed, Bristol: "It’s crucial that our customers are aware that Watershed is socially motivated and the Social Enterprise Mark will help us communicate this. Some of our customers do not fully understand that we are driven not by profits but by social motives. Communicating this to our customers is a key element of our communications strategy, and the Social Enterprise Mark is a big part of it."

Scott Darraugh, Social adVentures: "the Mark is crucial in stopping for profit organisations "moonlighting" as social enterprises which is a real risk to the sector! The Mark is a brand to communicate with commissioners, service users, consumers and staff about the fact you actually do what it says on the tin! There are lots of small companies ltd by guarantee and soletraders that state they are social enterprises, when in fact they are not."

Brian Darwood, Lighthouse Furniture Project: "The Social Enterprise Mark is making a difference to us because now trainees are able to understand that they work for a business that has society and the environment at its heart."
Jane Acton, Nature Workshops: "The Mark has been a catalyst to help prove to other quality standard processes that we know what we are doing and that we have the right ethos to provide a quality service to all our users."
Do you qualify for the Mark?
Your company must:
- have social and/or environmental aims
- have its own constitution and governance
- earn at least 50% of revenue from trading (or as a new start, you pledge to reach this within 18 months)
- spend at least 50% of profits on social/environmental aims
- distribute residual assets to social/environmental aims if dissolved
- demonstrate SOCIAL VALUE
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