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Summer camps: networking in social enterprises

A - DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE

A1 - Title in original language
Campamentos de verano: empresas sociales en red

A2 - Title in English
Summer camps: networking in social enterprises

A3 - Location of GP (national)
Spain

A4 - Location of GP (regional)
Andalusia

A5 - Economic field of activity
P Education

A6 - Ultimate purpose of GP
To improve social cohesion/inclusion
To provide amenities for local people
To address legal or financial exclusion

A7 - Spatial scale
Regional (small scale)

A8a - Start date
July 2012

A8b - Anticipated end date (if applicable)
September 2012

A9 - Short description of the GP
Cooperation among entities and social insertion enterprises in order to organize summer camps for social groups at risk of exclusion.

A10 - Key words relating to the GP
business cooperation
groups at risk of exclusion
social economy
work insertion
social insertion

A11 - Objectives of the GP
business cooperation to reach a broader number of social groups

A12 - Activities that have taken place
Business alliances to offer a joint educative and housing offer in children' summer camps.

A13 - Achievements of the GP
The GP managed to create a new cooperation field for social insertion companies.


B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?

B1a - Legal/financial exclusion
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The alliance meant that companies from different sectors joined to respond to educative, housing and nourrishment needs, sharing coordination with very good results.

B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The initiative helped the conservation of employment in both companies and contributed to the local economy in the provisioning required by the camp and the educative actions.

B1c - Adaptation to new realities
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The camps constitute a psyco-social and educational service for children in contexts of exclusion in ordert o facilitate their social integration and environmental education.

B1d - Cross sectoral working
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The cross sectoral work was needed in the organisation

B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
It built up a new parameter of social intervention for social enterprises.

B1f - Amenities for local people
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The Municipality gave sport facilities and the pool, so the local context and the local tourism also got positive inputs.

B1g - Educational opportunities
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
While learning on nature and enjoying activities outdoor, the participants know a different reality which favours a biiger educational opportunities in the future and the incorporation to traditional trades.

B1h - Crisis response
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
It was prooved that cooperation between companies is essential for social entrepreneurship to comprehend a demand which can not be responded when working alone.

B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
This platform is part of the network of good practices of the social businessmen' association in the province.

B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Neutral impacts
Any other comments?


C - PARTNERSHIPS & GOVERNANCE

C1 - Is the governance of this GP fully inclusive?
Beneficiaries are highly involved in governance
Comments and learning points

C2 - How influential has this GP been on local or national decision makers?
High degree of influence achieved
Comments and learning points
The project was supported by the city council, which contracted the two summer camps, and local entities that collaborated with premises and disemination.

C3 - How much partnership work has been involved?
Not known
Comments and learning points


D - PR & TRANSFERABILITY

D1 - Please describe how the GP communicated its experience and success to the public
Seminars of business cooperation has been organised and both entities have spread the initiative through their webs.

D2 - Please describe how the GP communicated with local or national decision makers?
During the seminars of the Programme of Support to Insertion Enterprises.

D3 - Are there any elements of this project that you think would transfer particularly well to other contexts?
The entire activity can be transferred.


E - RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY

E1a - Total annual income of GP 2011/12
15.000 €

E1b - How is this made up?
100% came from the municipality.

E1c - Details of human resources
10 persons (workers + volunteers) One director and one coordinator in each company.

E1d - Details of technology
None.

E1e - Details of financial investment for start-up/early stage

E1f - Details of external support
Local civil servants.

E2 - If public funding were withdrawn, could the GP continue to exist?


F - EXECUTIVE BODY AND CONTACT INFORMATION

F1 - Who set up the GP? Partnership (please give details)
insertion enterprises

F2 - Who runs the GP? Partnership (please give details)
El Rural Services + Arte de mis Manos

F3 - Short description/comments
0

F4 - Contact
Alejo Parejo Molina /Mariló Cejudo
Empresa de Inserción Arte de Mis Manos / Empresa Rural Services
C/ Sánchez Rivas 36, Alozaina (Málaga); C/ Corregidor Francisco de Molina 1, Alozaina (Málaga)
Spain
Telephone (+34) 952480228
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www.artedemismanos.com  ; www.ruralservices.es
Any other contact people
Alejo Guerrero Reyes


G - SUPPORTING INFORMATION

G1 - Photos (between 1 & 3)
Educational activities
Visit to museum

G2 - E documents

G3 - Any other useful information

 

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