What is a Social Entrepreneur? The Arthur Guinness Fund web entry quotes “A social entrepreneur is someone with a business head and a social heart. They use the skills, creativity and drive of a successful business entrepreneur and apply them to delivering transformational change in society. Innovative in addressing social needs, they are passionate about making a difference to communities and those who live in them. They are people from many different walks of life, with a track record of making things happen”.

The Fund has announced a three-year partnership with Ashoka, (www.ashoka.org) a global association of more than 2,500 social entrepreneurs and will award grants to social entrepreneurs that will total about £6m by 2012.

Entrepreneurs with a desire to change communities for the better can apply to the Arthur Guinness Fund annually.  This year the global application process will open on Tuesday 28th September 2010.

For more information about Social Enterprise, go to www.cvatorbay.org.uk and follow the ‘Social Enterprise’ link (bottom left of home page)

For more information about the Arthur Guinness Fund and to apply, go to www.guinnessforgood.com.