Adullam Social Enterprises

“We help people who need help. For a lot of people, life can become a real struggle. Our mission is to make life better for those who need it most. We use the money we make though our Recruitment and Training enterprise to help people. We provide creative ways to help people help themselves. Through education, or wellbeing activities, we empower people to cope better, as well as support them in gaining new skills or employment to thrive beyond their expectations.”

Adullam Social Enterprises (ASE) is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company Limited by guarantee.

We use our profits to provide free services to the community, in order to build stronger communities, supporting sustainability to improve people’s lives. ASE achieve this through the activities we provide, specifically targeting the most vulnerable, people living in areas of deprivation, and people who are facing a multitude of barriers.

ASE works with the most vulnerable client groups in society, including both Adults and Young Persons. Issues range from homelessness, complex needs, mental health, substance dependence, people fleeing domestic violence, people facing financial difficulties as well as supporting people into employment.

Principle Activities:

The principal activity of Adullam Social Enterprises is to trade goods and services across a number of regions, in order to fund and deliver social value activities that create positive outcomes for residents and our environment.

Our Mission is to create Social Outcomes through our business enterprises, which are affordable, accessible, whilst ensuring that we put people and the environment at the heart of everything we do.

Our Vision is to facilitate, enable and support positive changes across communities, benefiting both People and Planet.

We Value Innovation, Passion, Creativity and Motivation.

Social Value Delivery Plan

ASE developed a Social Value Delivery Plan which sets out our commitment to achieving our objectives.

Objectives:

• Social Value by Design – embed social value into the core processes of Adullam Social Enterprises.
• Set Social Value Outcomes and Outputs as a minimum criteria for any initiatives we fund or set up.
• Through Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, create social value initiatives that positively impact on people and the environment within which we operate.
• Ensure that the projects we fund, support, or set up, provide more creative ways of changing people’s lives.
• Create sustainable enterprises around the “Build to give back” concept through co-production and community involvement and inclusion.

Key area of Social Value delivered over the past 12 months:

1. Raising awareness in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
2. Providing financial donations to a Hardship Fund
3. Delivering free training and business support
4. Providing financial assistance supporting co-production activities
5. Providing financial assistance to tackle Food Poverty
6. Providing funding and supporting mental health and wellbeing projects
7. Supporting digital inclusion in the community

Board of Directors: