Resources

RESOURCES

Brilliant people I follow online:

Marianne Elliott is a yoga teacher, writer, development practioner, and all round inspiration. With a background in Human Rights, she now supports changemakers around the world with her writing and by offering her 30 days of yoga online course.

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Susannah Conway is a writer, photographer and creator of the Unravelling e-course, an online journey of self-discovery and exploration. She writes from the heart, with courage, depth and grace.

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Danielle LaPorte is wisdom wrapped up in a wordsmith. Her site, White Hot Truth, is bursting with insight, and she recently launched her FireStarter Session Digital Book for entrepreneurs. I’ve read it, re-read it and delight in putting her ideas into action.

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Tara Sophia Mohr is a writer, coach and poet who makes her way through the world with a delightful elegance and grace. Her regular writing on her blog, Wise Living, is filled with gems of insight on leadership, personal development and change-making. She is running a leadership development programme for women, Playing Big, of which I am delighted to call myself a participant.

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YOGA

Based in Dublin’s Temple Bar, and run by the fantastic Greg Walsh, Samadhi Yoga is a haven.  Entering those doors each week, I know I am in for a treat, guaranteed to be stretched and strengthened in just the right measure. I also teach there! (Samadhi also have a studio in Drogheda).

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VOLUNTEERING/ WRITING

I am a regular volunteer in Fighting Words, a wonderful creative writing centre in Dublin. Set up by Roddy Doyle and Sean Love, and modelled on 826 Valencia in San Francisco,  the centre is a hotbed of creativity, talent and pure fun.

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

I frequently get asked about resources for social entrepreneurship, careers in international development, volunteering and social change developments. Below is a small round up of organisations, institutions and initiatives that I have come across that you may find useful. The list expands and contracts. If you think I should add something, please let me know. Many thanks!

International Support Organisations for Social Enterpreneurs

Acumen Fund: Non-profit global venture fund.

Ashoka: Global organisation identifying and investing in social entrepreneurs.

Echoing Green: US support organisation for social entrepreneurs.

New Profit. US based: Helps social entreprenurs grown their organisations.

The School for Social Entrepreneurs. UK based training for social benefit.

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs: Investing in global social entrepreneurs

Skoll Foundation: Supporting the growth of social entrepreneurship internationally.

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland: Support and nework organisation for social entrepreneurs in Ireland

Social Enterprise Alliance: US based membership organisation for social entreprise.

Social Enterprise Coalition: UK’s national body for social enterprise.

Unltd*: UK based support organisation for social entrepreneurs.

YouthVenture: Youth branch of Ashoka. Building a generation of young changemakers.

Youth Social Enterprise Initiative: Supporting youth social entrepreneurs in South East Asia

Irish Based Resources and Organisations for Social Change

Dochas: The Irish Association for Non-Governmental Organisations.

Irish Aid: Irish Government’s Official Overseas Development Assistance.

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (Ireland): Teaching young people business skills

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland: Support and nework organisation for social entrepreneurs in Ireland

Philanthropy Ireland: Promoting Giving

The Wheel: Support, Advocacy and Leadership for Community and Voluntary Activity.

Young Social Innovators: Supporting young people to create change.

Volunteering (Irish based resources)

Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre: O’Connell Street, Dublin. Centre to explore volunteering and development issues

Volunteering Centres of Ireland: National network of regional volunteering centres.

Volunteering Ireland: Onlines resources and information about local volnteering

Volunteering Options: Resource and information about global volunteering.

Online Networks for Social Change

ChangeMakers. Open Sourcing Social Solutions

Unltd World: Online platform to connect social entrepreneurs.

Social Change Websites and Magazines

Social Edge: Online support for social entrepreneurs around the world. Includes blogs, resource listings and video postings.

Good Magazine: US based magazine devoted to all things good. And it lives up to its name.

Taking it Global: online community to inspire youth to get involved in their communities

TED: Be inspired by some of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers.

We are what we do: Help to change the world through your daily choices. Publisher of ‘Change the World for a Fiver’, and ‘Change the World 9 to 5’.

Careers in the social sector

BeBold: Promoting positive career choices. Designed by US organisation Echoing Green.

Career Shifters: Inspiration, confidence and connections for changing your career. UK based.

Ethical Careers: A guide to ethical employment, including directory of opportunities

Idealist: A directory of volunteer and career opportunities internationally.

Venues

The Hub: A home to make things happen. Local social spaces or hubs in: Amsterdan, Berlin, Bombay, Bristol, Brussels, Cairo, Halifax, Johanesburg, London, Madrid, Rotterdam, Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv

Conferences/ Gatherings

Skoll World Forum. Annual. Oxford, March.

Universities with Social Entrepreneur Centres or Programmes

Centre for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Centre for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University

Insead Social Entrepreneurship

The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford University

The Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard Business School

The Steward Satter Programme in Social Entrepreneurship, New York University