Pictured above: Jan Golding, Chief Executive of Roots
HR
Kidderminster businesswoman, Jan Golding of Roots HR Community
Interest Company, is celebrating success after being shortlisted
for her second award in two weeks. Already nominated for Start-Up
of the Year at the Social Enterprise Awards, the company has just
been shortlisted for Social Enterprise Mark Holder of the Year.
Organised by the Social Enterprise Coalition, the UK's national
body for social enterprise, the awards recognise the achievements
of the company as a commercial business with social purposes at its
heart.
Roots HR, based in Church Street, Kidderminster, is the UK's
first and only greater-than-profit human resources consultancy,
delivering services to charities, voluntary and community
organisations, social enterprises and third sector organisations.
Jan Golding, Chief Executive of Roots HR said: "Everyone at
Roots HR is thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Social
Enterprise Mark Holder of the Year award. The Social Enterprise
Mark is important to us as a business because it's a way for
potential clients to see that we're not just another commercial
business. We're dedicated to the social enterprise model of trading
which puts people before profits."
The overall winners will be presented with their awards at a
ceremony to be held at the O2 London on 30th March, where Leader of
the Opposition, Ed Milliband, will speak and present the Best
Social Enterprise Award.
The Social Enterprise Mark is the quality assurance mark for the
sector, and is only awarded to organisations that meet vigorous
assessment criteria drawn up by leaders on a Government level.
By purchasing from a business which holds the Mark, buyers
know that they are purchasing products or services from a company
that operates ethically and for the good of society and communities
as a whole.
Social enterprises are businesses with primarily social
objectives and are driven by the need to reinvest profits for the
benefit of the community rather than to maximise profits for
shareholders and owners. There are 62,000 social enterprises in the
UK, contributing over £20 billion to the economy and
employing nearly a million people.