ABSTRACT
Social entrepreneurs are individuals who believe passionately in benefiting the community via the running of their organisation. They are people who are prepared to ‘get their hands dirty’ to achieve their social aim and who have the determination needed to see it through. They often use social enterprise as a vehicle to carry out this work, choosing it for the independence and creative approach that can be found in a self-financing model as opposed to the more traditional method of charitable giving and grants. 1
