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To coincide with National Volunteer Week Alumni Voices <\/em>caught up with alumni, Fred Alldridge (President) and Abbie Wright (Vice President), from Enactus York<\/em> about the social enterprise projects they have been running around York.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abbie<\/strong>: \u201cEnactus York<\/em> is a University Society focused on social enterprise. We take issues in the local community that we\u2019re passionate about and come up with innovative projects to help solve them. I got a newsletter email from my department advertising the society. This was in January of 2021, when we had no classes in person and were in the middle of the third national lockdown. I was in desperate need of a community and a purpose. Enactus<\/em> seemed like it would offer me both of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred<\/strong>: \u201cIt was less to do with inspiration at the time, and just because my friend told me to join! This was way back in March 2020 when we had less than 10 members and no functioning projects. The inspiration came later, seeing everything our brilliant members would do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have 4 projects right now, each one helping a different group of people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Our newest project, Community Roots<\/em> started out the academic year by running gardening sessions with the elderly to decrease feelings of social isolation and increase physical mobility. However, the project has now pivoted towards helping homeless people by providing them with hygiene kits. This is in the design stage now and will be in its implementation phase by September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Restitch<\/em> helps refugees find community and financial support. It holds weekly embroidery sessions for recent refugees. The products made at these sessions are going to be sold to fund the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Digital Bridge<\/em> helps people who are disadvantaged due to a lack of access to technology. They have laptops and VR headsets which are going to be used to boost employable skills in secondary school pupils from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Alongside this, Digital Bridge<\/em> has run sessions with York IT Reus<\/em>e, to teach people how to diagnose and repair old laptops. The laptops that are repaired are donated to refugees who have recently arrived in York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Pantry Parcels<\/em> helps people struggling with food poverty. They create recipe kits (a bit like Hello Fresh<\/em>) from ingredients that would otherwise go to waste, which are distributed at local food banks. They have also started to help people through the energy crisis by holding slow cooker cooking classes and by training up energy auditors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fred and Abbie standing back-to-back. With (L-R) Catherine McGlen (the Enactus York project leader for Pantry Parcels), Catherine Hickley (Project Leader for Community Roots) and Fiona Lodge (project member for Community Roots) at the European Headquarters for Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Egham, pitching our projects to get feedback.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fred:<\/strong> \u201cOur project, Pantry Parcels, has formed deep relationships with the wider community. One of their beneficiaries is an elderly woman with autism, who has to use food banks. Before encountering Pantry Parcels<\/em>, she often found food banks overwhelming and struggled to make healthy meals. Now she has four guaranteed nutritionally balanced meals a week and feels more confident cooking in general. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like most organisations, Enactus<\/em> was on zoom throughout the pandemic. We still managed to make good things happen during this time, but it is definitely easier to make an impact now we\u2019re back to in person meetings. The engagement of our team members is much better in person \u2013 I think being around other people who are also passionate about similar issues is hugely motivational. As well as this, we are now able to go into the communities we want to help, which allows us to make a much deeper impact. For example, our Community Roots <\/em>project would simply not have been possible in a socially distanced world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the cost of living crisis we are seeing more heating and eating issues \u2013 in our needs assessments, our beneficiaries are responding with more basic needs than we\u2019ve seen in the past two years \u2013 staying warm, shelter, hot meals etc. We\u2019re racing to have a much deeper impact because our beneficiaries need it. There is a greater demand for our Pantry Parcels<\/em> meal kits than ever before. There hasn\u2019t been a week where any of the pantry parcels have remained by the end of the day, and usually people are queuing up for them from the start of the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The obvious answer to these challenges is that there needs to be greater government provision in these areas. However, with regards to the work of Enactus York<\/em> and other social organisations, the meeting of non-financial development goals are crucial. Getting different social organisations in contact, seeing how their services can complement one another is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volunteering allows you to gain a practical, personal understanding of societal issues. It\u2019s one thing to know the percentage of people in food poverty in a city, but it\u2019s another thing to have spoken with a single mum who is foregoing meals so that her children can eat. Bringing an issue out of the abstract allows you to understand it on a much deeper level, and think more broadly about what can be done to tackle it. And from an organisational perspective, Enactus York<\/em> has done much good over the past two years, none of which could have been done without volunteering. There is an innate opportunity in volunteering because, by and large, people want to help others \u2013 but they often don\u2019t know how. Other organisations should try and tap into this when trying to widen their positive impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abbie:<\/strong> \u201cMy favourite thing about working with Enactus York<\/em> has always been the people. I am surrounded by some incredibly talented people with an amazing drive to succeed. More importantly than this, Enactus<\/em> members care about making a positive difference in the world. They are also great fun to hang out with. I would never have made my best uni friends without Enactus<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred:<\/strong> \u201cI completely agree with Abbie that the people I\u2019ve met must be my favourite thing, but for the sake of diversity of opinion I\u2019ll approach it slightly differently. Seeing our members grow as people and realise just how much is possible by sending a few emails, and watching that snowball into a legitimate social enterprise, has been a delight to behold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Fred<\/figure>\nFred speaking at the University of York\u2019s Professional Network event: Ethical Business in Practice.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Abbie:<\/strong> \u201cI think the biggest challenge I\u2019ve come up against whilst working with Enactus York <\/em>is trying to balance everything. It sometimes feels like I have to be switched on to Enactus <\/em>24\/7. Whether it\u2019s problems financing a project, or trying to find people who are free to attend important project pitches in the middle of a university day, challenges can crop up any time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until recently, if I got an Enactus<\/em>-related email whilst doing degree-related work, I would stop what I was doing and focus on the email. Now, I separately block off Enactus<\/em> time, degree time and relaxation time to make sure all my focus is in one place. I think my degree in Psychology helps me think critically about project design. I can look at a project plan and figure out where we might face challenges. I also think Psychology is great for developing empathy and an understanding of the problems people face. This is a crucial skill for Enactus<\/em>, which is driven by the needs of those we help. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019d agree with Abbie, time-management is absolutely key. We\u2019re leading an organisation with four bona fide social enterprises on the side of doing a degree. We always seem to have a lot of plates spinning! The biggest lesson I\u2019ve learnt whilst working with Enactus <\/em>is that so much can happen from sending a few emails. To get started creating a social enterprise, you don\u2019t need money, or even expertise in the field; just ask those who are already in the space what you could do, and move from there. My degree in Economics greatly improved my grasp of statistics, helping to turn our projects into more data-driven social enterprises. However, I\u2019d say that because our work is personal and people-driven, soft skills matter a great deal more than the hard skills I\u2019ve taken from my degree.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cVolunteering allows you to gain a practical, personal understanding of societal issues. It\u2019s one thing to know the percentage of people in food poverty in a city, but it\u2019s another thing to have spoken with a single mum who is foregoing meals so that her children can eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Abbie: <\/strong>\u201cI hope Enactus York<\/em> continues to grow. I want the projects to become self-sustaining and expand so they can make a deeper impact in a greater number of people\u2019s lives. I would like Enactus York<\/em> to be a society that people at the university know and care about. I think we do great work, and the more people that can get involved the better.  I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life before Enactus<\/em>. Now, I\u2019ve realised a passion for business and for people. Next year, I will hopefully be working in a graduate job where I get to use my passions!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred:<\/strong> \u201cI hope Enactus York<\/em> becomes more deeply integrated in the wider field of social entrepreneurship in Yorkshire. We already have many members willing with an insatiable appetite to do good, with the increased know-how and funding that would come from establishing ourselves in that network, it could supercharge what Enactus York <\/em>does moving forward. I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s next for us at this stage! I\u2019m ready for the world of work following my Master\u2019s but I\u2019m casting my net as wide as possible at this point. All I can say for certain is that I want to be in a situation where I can meet more incredible people, like I have done at York and through Enactus<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enactus<\/em>\u00a0York<\/em>\u00a0is now led by Jana Videka (President) and Annalise Hodgson (Vice President).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To hear more of our graduate stories check out our Alumni Voices Blogs<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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