The Young Foundation - a centre for social innovation

Social Entrepreneur in Residence (SEiR)

NHS Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust (PCT) has highlighted the Young Foundation's Social Entrepreneur in Residence programme (SEiR) on their website: http://benpct.nhs.uk

On PublicTechnology.net, SEiR is showcased as a way in which central government can financially support innovative ways in which public services and the third sector can work together, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown mentioned in his Smarter Government speech.


In addition, The Guardian highlighted Eleanor Cappell as the first ever Social Entrepreneur in Residence in the NHS back in October 2009. Other media coverage includes the British Medical Journal in November 2009, the monthly magazine for Birmingham's Centre for Voluntary Sector and in the Social Enterprise West Midlands Magazine