Ms Song Qinghua, Director of Shining Stone #socialenterprise, #China paid us a visit on October 19th. Ms Song is an old friend of Red Ochre doing some amazing things with very little in the way of resource. Qinghua broke a social enterprise fact finding trip Iceland to catch-up with us and share her challenges and solutions to engaging with social need on a large scale See Shining Stone for more details. Read more »
I’ve just finished two intense days with social enterprise leaders of tomorrow with China Youth Development Foundation and British Council Beijing. For some in country tweets check out @Red OchreUK on twitter. Read more »
London Chinese Radio (aka London Huayu) have a studio available for short, or long-term hire. Here is the advert they are currently circulating. Read more »
In February we ran another social enterprise study tour for the British Council China and China Youth Development Foundation. Fifteen university students from across China and all running their own impressive social projects came to the UK on the tour. They wanted to get up close to social enterprises and see them in action so they could better understand and experience what they are all about. We arranged a week long tour for the group, including insightful visits to Stickyboard, Latimer Group, Building Bloqs, Petite Miracles and Student Hubs in Oxford. The group also had a walking tour from Unseen Read more »
Red Ochre and partner organisation the Future Healthcare Group (FHCG) UK have been quoted on social and elders healthcare in the recent China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) report Enabling Business Opportunities For UK Companies In China’s Elderly Care Markets. On page 32 Robert is quoted: Social Enterprise – the “front-lines” in community focused public private partnerships UK company Future Health Care Group (FHCG) and Red Ochre, a leading social enterprise consultancy based in London, are pioneering an innovative “social enterprise” model for developing and delivering quality elderly care training services in China. CBBC: Could you outline what you are doing and what you hope Read more »
