Inspirational view from the training rooms at Plymouth University’ s Mast House
The three‘ Principle Mentors’ who led Methodology in their locality were:
Name: Domenico Lizzi Organisation: Tamat Place: Perugia, Italy
the experimentation phase of the Social Start Ups
Domenico mentored a group in Perugia by using the Social Start Ups methodological tools. The experimentation achieved good results as they started an Ethical Purchasing Group( EPG) in Perugia city centre. Whilst this EPG now includes over 40 members, the challenge is to find a sustainable model for this EPG. Six of the EPG members have developed a thorough plan for a social enterprise startup which they will launch in 2017.
Name: Joana Levy Organisation: AMSED, AMAP du Ruisseau Bleu Place: Strasbourg, France
Joana mentored EPG members willing to start up social enterprises in and around Strasbourg. Using the methodological tools created on the Social Start Ups Project, Joana trained participants who were considering the creation of an associative café sourcing and serving produce from local EPGs, and another group who were looking to create a social enterprise to enhance the sustainability of their EPG which raises grass eating animals only. The challenge now is to realise the created plans.
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