Social Justice

Dartington School for Social Entrepreneurs

The Dartington School for Social Entrepreneurs provides training and opportunities that enable people with entrepreneurial ideas to achieve positive change in their communities. Dartington SSE was launched at Dartington in January 2010 and is one of ten schools in the UK and beyond.

We visited our first cohort one year on to find our what they had acheived one year after the course.

“Everyone has the capacity to be remarkable” – Lord Michael Young, Founder of the School for Social Entrepreneurs.

The Start Up Fellowship Course.

Our Start Up Fellowship Course is six months long and the next programme will in April 2012. This will includes 24 days face-to-face training time, including fact-finding visits to successful institutions who share the Dartington SSE commitment to providing social benefit. Budding social entrepreneurs on the programme are inspired by sessions with successful social entrepreneurs who’ve made a difference themselves, guided in one-to-one tutorials and take part in an action learning set with their fellow students.

If you would like to see more about our courses and the school, have a look at what our students say about the course.

If you would like to see our latest flier all about the course, please click here

We are running a series of taster events all over the South West. The dates are listed below and please note that more will be added over the next few weeks.

NEW DATES ADDED

• Thu 1st Mar – Paignton Library – 5.00pm-7.00pm
• Mon 5th Mar – Dartington Hall – 5.00pm-7.00pm
• Mon 12th Mar – Lymington Road Innovation Centre, Torquay – 12-2.00pm
• Tue 13th Mar – Brixham Library – 5.00-7.00pm

If you would like to download an application form, please click here

If you would like to come, please contact us at devon@sse.org.uk for more details.

The SSE was founded by Michael Young, Lord Young of Dartington, a prolific entrepreneur and social innovator, who launched over forty organisations throughout his industrious and impressive career including the Open University, Which Magazine and the Consumers Association.

Commenting on the launch of Dartington SSE in January 2010, the CEO of The Dartington Hall Trust, Vaughan Lindsay, said, “The idea for the SSE was forged here at Dartington by Lord Michael Young. I’m thrilled to see the launch of the Dartington SSE, and pleased to have Dartington involved in its future success.”

To see more about the School for Social Entrepreneurs, its students and how to apply please visit www.the-sse.org and click on ‘Dartington’.