We measure our social impact using 5 key aspects:
Governance
Governance includes the mechanisms required to balance the powers of our members (with the associated accountability), and their primary duty of enhancing the prosperity and viability of the organization.
Workers
Having a big sale, on-site celebrity, or other event? Be sure to announce it so everybody knows and gets excited about it.
Community
Are your customers raving about you on social media? Share their great stories to help turn potential customers into loyal ones.
Environment
Running a holiday sale or weekly special? Definitely promote it here to get customers excited about getting a sweet deal.
Customers
Have you opened a new location, redesigned your shop, or added a new product or service? Don't keep it to yourself, let folks know.
Governance
Put information about governance here!
- We are a registered Community Interest Company, a type of social enterprise. A social enterprise is a special type of non-profit or more than profit business that reinvests all of its profits into achieving specific social missions. This can be anything from protecting the environment to enriching the local community.
- Uppertunity has an asset and profit lock: all assets and profits must be permanently retained within the CIC and used solely for community benefit and aims. We have a voluntary Board of Directors. This board makes all the final decisions of the organisation. None of the board members are paid, it is voluntary. This ensures decisions are made fairly. We welcome individuals with live experience on our board.
- We have an 'articles of association' that states our mission and we complete an annual social report. Our mission statement is: provide a holistic, tailor-made counselling, support and training service to assist individuals from vulnerable and isolated groups in realising their potential whilst developing skills and employability; set up and run other community-based enterprises including a café to improve amenities for the community whilst providing opportunities for skills development for individuals from vulnerable and isolated groups; advance such similar purposes, develop any other projects, initiatives or activities for the benefit of the community as the Directors may consider appropriate.
- As part of our Board of Directors roles, all directors are required to volunteer some of their time in our events and activities, ensuring they understand the organisation's ethos.