Welcome to the GMSEN Social Enterprise Directory
This directory is designed to help customers find social enterprises in Greater Manchester that they can buy from or trade with. It is also intended to help individuals, businesses and organisations find social enterprises they may wish to support according to their social impact.
Social Enterprises can be searched by either key word, or you can use the sector and borough filters. This directory is focused on Greater Manchester and is free to register and use. You may also wish to use Social Enterprise UK’s Buy Social Directory which includes social enterprises from outside Greater Manchester.
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Social mission | Description of SE | Products or services sold | |
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Open Kitchen MCR | Citizenship and community, Conservation of the natural environment, Income and financial inclusion, Physical health |
Open Kitchen MCR provide Greater Manchester’s most sustainable catering option. Our social enterprise works with a huge range of food businesses to intercept perfectly edible food that will otherwise go to waste. We offer a wide range of catering options from simple sandwich platters, to hot food, to canapes and more formal dining, all using beautiful ingredients that will... |
A wide range of outside catering services, from simple sandwich platters for day-to-day meetings, hot food options perfect for community events, and more formal and bespoke options including canapes and banquets. Delivery service provided. Also offering a range of environmentally friendly disposable and reusable serving options. |
People's Voice Media | Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Income and financial inclusion, Mental health and well-being | People’s Voice Media is a charity and Social Enterprise based in Salford, Greater Manchester that works across the UK and Europe. PVM was founded in 1995 and we specialise in gathering the voices and stories of people in order to challenge perceptions about people's lives and support people to describe their own reality and give insight from real people, in order to better... | We capture the authentic story of people's lived experience using our 3 main Community Reporter approaches - Community Reporting for Storytelling, Co-Production and Insight. We aggregate the stories collected through our curation approach to present back the Insight to the service or business. We also run “Conversation of Change events " which uses the stories collected to support change in practice or policy with all key stakeholders. Participants become members of the Institute of Community Reporters and continue to tell their story on the communityreporter.net website |
PIE: Pursuing Individual Excellence | Employment, training and education | PIE aims to connect young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with local businesses, and help develop communication skills, work experience and cultural capital experiences. Hopefully by providing these 'missing slices' we will help young people to imagine and reach their full potential. | Educational services including workshops, projects and enabling connections between schools and businesses. |
Pinc College | Arts, heritage, sport and faith, Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education, Mental health and well-being |
The Specialist College for creative education in the North West, focusing on creative study pathways for 16-25 year olds. Our Creative Learning Studios operate from within and in partnership with Arts and Cultural organisations, for an alternative approach, with enhanced careers and progression opportunities. We support additional/high needs routes to wellbeing, attainment... |
Creative Learning studios at: Manchester Museum, Macclesfield Museum,, Touchstones Rochdale and Bolton Museum - We specialise in supporting Neurodiverse young people: - Offer a purposeful pathway to careers in the cultural and creative sectors - Offer a Creative Study Programme - Based in Museums and Art Galleries - Provide a supported autism pathway - Small learning groups (No more than 7) - Tailor our programmes to your aspirations - Embedded & 1:1 support with our SENCO, Speech & Communication and Mental Health practitioners - Dedicated team of qualified and experienced education professionals - Work with an ethos of being Respectful, Responsible, Safe & Kind |
Plastic Shed | Citizenship and community, Conservation of the natural environment, Mental health and well-being | Plastic Shed bring people together in Stockport to turn plastic waste into new, useful things. From wallets made from waste plastic packaging to planters made from old vinyl banners - Plastic Shed are exploring the possibilities of this abundant waste material, sharing their learnings and finding ways for local people, from all walks of life, to get involved with tackling this... | We run creative, hands-on workshops in plastic recycling and up-cycling for businesses, schools and festivals showing people how to turn their plastic waste into quality, durable and beautiful new things such as wallets, clutch bags, planters, jewellery, notebooks, lamps - the list goes on! Our skilled and creative facilitators can show you how to safely shred, melt, fuse and mold plastic waste into a unique piece that you can use again and again. |