March Virtual Networking
Event
Bath Social Impact Network March Virtual Networking
Tuesday 28 March, 2023 – Tuesday 28 March, 202311:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Online
Join us for the Bath Social Impact Network March virtual networking event. We'll be hearing from The Community Farm, Chew Magna on the highs, and lows, of their social enterprise journey.
Dorothy House will also be joining us to share their journey of setting up Ubiety, their social enterprise arm.
There'll be opportunities for networking with fellow members as well as time for Q+As. We hope you can join us.
You'll be sent a link to join the online session once you've reserved your space.
Our speakers
Marianne Cantelo - Dorothy House
Marianne Cantelo is a project manager who pilots alternative income stream initiatives on behalf of Dorothy House. In a challenging economy, building sustainable initiatives that benefit charities and the community as a whole makes simple sense but can be complex to manage. Using Ubiety as a case study, Marianne will talk about the challenges and opportunities that arise when philanthropy goes beyond the act of a simple donation to a cause.
Ubiety is a vegan wellbeing social enterprise founded on the collective passion for caring and giving. Ubiety is owned by Dorothy House, a hospice care charity based in the South West of England. 100% of Ubiety's profits support end-of-life care.
The Community Farm
The Community Farm is a not for profit, social enterprise and has been a community benefit society since 2011. It is owned and governed by its 530 shareholder members and, in addition to farming 13 acres, consists of a network of organic producers and local farmers supplying fresh, local and organic food via a delivery box service to more than 600 households across the area.
From just a blank field and seven staff, admin carried out in a cabin and boxes packed in a dark, old warehouse, the site has been transformed, and now has a team of around thirty paid staff working in a purpose built warehouse and bringing together four strands of work: food, farming, communities and wildlife.
Because the ambition was to engage people with the land, its wildlife and organic farming, as well as run a successful veg box scheme, the Farm also runs an extensive volunteering programme to support, learn and engage with its horticulture, communities and wildlife, with more than 1,300 people attending the farm each year for its community farmer days, regular volunteering, wellbeing programmes, targeted outreach sessions with community partners, school programmes and events.
