Social enterprise: opportunities and challenges

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The current climate has opened up real opportunities to rethink the way we provide local services in a more sustainable way. Are social enterprises the future?

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This edition of the Charity Effectiveness podcasts gets under the skin of social enterprise - the role it plays in the UK today and the opportunities and challenges it brings in the current economic climate.

Recorded live at the Guardian's Social Enterprise 2010 conference, this podcast brings together some of the leading lights of the sector to give their views on a range of issues ranging from the impact of government cuts to the qualities needed to run a successful social enterprise.

Programme guests

• Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive of Social Enterprise London
• Rod Schwartz, CEO of ClearlySo
• Gordon D'Silva, CEO of Training for Life
• Dai Powell, chief executive of the HCT Group