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Inspiring, exciting and bold… how we empower pupils!

Running for 16 years since we first began in Scotland, and now growing rapidly all over the UK and across the world, Social Enterprise Schools has fostered the extraordinary enthusiasm and potential of young people. It shows what can be achieved when their ideas are given free rein to become reality.

Neil McLean, CEO of the Social Enterprise Academy, reflects: “I’ve been regularly and consistently blown away by the energy, creativity and caring of the young people involved since we began. The outcomes of their projects show that they are capable of effecting real

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