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Hope Enterprises – a vibrant local social enterprise doing good things in West Northamptonshire
Hope Enterprises: using business to improve society and the lives of individuals in need
Hope Enterprises Community Interest Company or CiC, offers training and work opportunities in a range of small businesses, to people affected by homelessness, drugs, alcohol, poverty, mental health and other disadvantage.
We work within Northamptonshire in the UK. We are part of the Hope group alongside our parent Charity, the Northampton Hope Centre Charity, which has been providing help to people in acute need since 1974.
We have been re-accredited for a further 3 years from Dec 2019 by the Social Enterprise Quality Mark
What we do
We run a range of businesses to provide opportunity for our clients and to raise funds, all profits from which are re-invested into the company or the parent charity. These include:
Latest News
September 2021
Hope Tools are open again! Donate tools or buy our artisan recycled tools
Do you have an apple tree? When the apples are ready, if you have any spare, send them to Hope to make apple juice for foodclub. Contact us to arrange donations
Our charity shop is open : 10-4, Weds-Sat. Donations point Wednesday 12-3 at 3 Abington Street
We urgently need volunteers across Hope's social enterprises, especially in the garden. Contact us by emailing volunteering@northamptonhopecentre.org.uk
Read the new gardening blog for SEPTEMBER
Have you heard about work co-ordinated by Hope to promote good food in West Northants as a Sustainable Food Place? Read more here
Are you involved in growing veg for local community use? Read about West Northants Community Growers here
Hope Catering is open for bookings for commercial catering opportunities, buffets and we can supply ready meals. Ring us on 01604289111
We are key members of the local Food poverty network: see their website here:
Food Aid Alliance West Northants.
They publish a directory of all food aid in the county, by project, available here Or organised by day/time here
Check our parent charity's appeal page at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/helphopeor ring 01604214300 if you can help
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Keeping in touch:
The best way to keep in touch with Hope Enterprises is through social media. Hope Enterprises has its own twitter page (@EnterprisesHope) and shares a Facebook page with the Northampton Hope Centre as well as joint accounts on Instagram, Linked In, You tube
You can watch a film about our parent charity and some of Hope Enterprises work here
Our Philosophy
Read about our vision of social enterprise and the pathway from Hope Centre into Hope Enterprises. We believe a social enterprise should not just be about profit, but should:
- Benefit individuals who work within it to offer them training, opportunities and support
- Benefit the wider community, especially people in need, by producing something valuable or socially useful
- Be produced in such a way that benefits society (including the environment
Read our recent social impact statement here
Read the most recent report of the combined charity and social enteprise here
Research/Literature about Hope Enterprise's work and social enterprise generally
Funding: We are funded by a mixture of sales, contracts, grants, donations and training income. If you want to donate directly to support Hope Enterprises, or want to invest in Hope Enterprises, please contact us. You can donate to our parent charity, Hope, here
For information about Hope's handling of data, read here
For our most recent accounts, click here
Hope Enterprises' Patron: Adam Gray, Chef: website
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