Social Entrepreneurship Visit to UK
In 20 th of July 2010 with the support from the British Council, I participated in a Summer Course about Social Entrepreneurship held by Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK, led by Dr. Riddley Duff (Dr. Rory). I also had the chance to visit SUMA with Cliff Southcombe, the Managing Director of Social Enterprise Europe. SUMA is a worker cooperative in Halifax, Elland. Discussions in the Summer Course In the discussion it was found that roles of Third Sector Organizations (TSOs) are considered very imperative in making contribution to the development of social entrepreneurship in UK. This is due to the fact that social enterprise is categorized as TSO. In UK, Cooperative is also classified as social enterprise. Third sector is the sector that consists of organizations that operate based on nonprofit motives but aimed predominantly for shared benefit and on voluntary basis. The non-governmen