Social Enterprise Podcasts

• Duration:  08:10
• Filesize:  6.6MB
• 30-10-2007

The UK Government are putting through a White Paper to improve the prospects for young care leavers in England. Can Scotland learn anything from this? John Hill is the Manager of the What Makes the Difference Project and he met Eddie, one of the young people at KibbleWorks in Paisley, at the conference in Leeds, during National Care Leavers Week in the UK.

• Duration:  07:10
• Filesize:  5.7MB
• 30-10-2007

Young People leaving care often need extra support to help them make the transition from school to the world of work and independent living. The What Makes the Difference? conference in Leeds looked at these concerns during National Care Leavers Week in the UK. Martin Hazelhurst, from the National Leaving Care Advisory Service, met Eddie, to hear about his placement at KibbleWorks in Paisley.

• Duration:  06:10
• Filesize:  4.9MB
• 30-10-2007

Young People leaving care often have gaps in their development and need extra help and support to get employment and hold onto a job. Jim Halpin, from KibbleWorks in Paisley, attended the What Makes the Difference conference in Leeds, and describes his experience.

• Duration:  09:11
• Filesize:  7.4MB
• 19-10-2007

Whether you are considering a career in child and youth care work, or trying to find a career path for a young person in your care, help is on hand. We chat to Karen McGuire from Careers Scotland about the service they offer, and the first crucial steps to getting the skills required.

• Duration:  05:46
• Filesize:  4.6MB
• 03-10-2007

Social Firms are increasingly working with some of the biggest global brands to increase business and benefit their staff. Sepodcasts.org visited Haven Products in Hillington, Glasgow. They provide packaging and assembley for Whiskey labels, like Macallans and Dewars produced in Glasgow, and sent all over the world. Tom Henderson showed us round.

• Duration:  05:23
• Filesize:  4.3MB
• 26-07-2007

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The main benefits of social enterprise should be to the people who use the service. We chat with some of the workers from Travel Options, part of Unity Enterprises, based in Glasgow's Trongate.

• Duration:  08:10
• Filesize:  6.5MB
• 25-07-2007

Social Enterprises can often find innovative solutions to more than one social problem at a time. In Glasgow's South Side, Spruce Carpets are helping to reduce waste and provide quality carpets to groups on low incomes. We spoke to CEO Izzie Johnston to find out more.

• Duration:  03:10
• Filesize:  2.5MB
• 24-07-2007

Often young people discover talents they never knew they had when they are given the chance to work. Priscilla Block chats about St Louis ArtWorks in Missouri, while attending the 8th Gathering of the Social Enterprise Alliance in Long Beach.

• Duration:  08:10
• Filesize:  6.6MB
• 23-07-2007

Everyone knows recycling can reduce waste but some items like mattresses are hard to break down and end up in landfill. Not for Terry MacDonald of the St Vincent de Paul Society. He chats about his Mattress Recycling facility in Oakland, USA. The visit was part of the Scottish Social Enterprise Study Tour of California.

• Duration:  07:10
• Filesize:  5.8MB
• 23-07-2007

Baseball may be a lucrative sport for big corporations but that hasn't stopped Juma Ventures becoming involved and helping hundreds of young people finding work in the San Francisco Bay area. We chatted to Jim Schorr at the Ball Park to find out more. The visit was part of the Scottish Social Enterprise Study Tour of California.