Tim Curtis and Indianna Minto presented this session and asserted that government policy in the UK is actively promoting and seeking more social enterprises. Even Gordon Brown has said that it is a priority for the government to promote more social businesses. Yet, there is a disconnect between this intention and the actions at local levels. Local governments are too focused on cost savings and are not supporting real social enterprises. Rather than focus on the desired results, these actors need to promote key changemakers and innovation that can help close market and non-market gaps in public service delivery and in meeting social needs. There has to be a greater availability for seed capital so that the space for solving some of the current challenges can be increased, and so that poor government policies can be nullified through social innovation.  
 
An interesting presentation that shows how connected social entrepreneurs are with both the private and public sector. A deeper and more formal interrelationship between all of these actors needs to be established. It will take time, trust, and the development of formal mechanisms and institutional champions. But, it is something we have to work towards within the next several years.