Established as a non-profit in 2018, Nutrition Blocs creates food programs that address food insecurity by increasing access to fresh, nutritious, and culturally appropriate meals in underserved communities.
Social enterprise strategy, services and support
CSED provides a range of services to those who are exploring, developing or growing their social impact or social enterprise.
Tailored support to help you navigate complex business problems and make strategic decisions
Access essential knowledge, skills and insights to help you and your social impact business thrive.
Exchange ideas, share experiences and forge valuable connections in a friendly and inclusive environment.
Organizational decision-makers can use social procurement as a tool to demonstrate corporate leadership, strengthen the local economy and benefit the community at large.
Go beyond financial goals to consider corporate citizenship and the larger impact of your business on society.
Learn about social enterprise models and characteristics, local examples, support resources, and considerations for starting.
A high impact incubation program for social entrepreneurs who want to validate their startup idea and create a solid foundation to launch.
Established as a non-profit in 2018, Nutrition Blocs creates food programs that address food insecurity by increasing access to fresh, nutritious, and culturally appropriate meals in underserved communities.
Operation Come Home (OCH) is a leading Ottawa charity that provides employment, education, and support services to homeless and at-risk youth. Employment and training opportunities are created through OCH’s social enterprises: FoodWorks, BottleWorks, and a new initiative, HousingWorks.
Able2 is an Ottawa charity that supports people across the disability spectrum and their families in living life as valued members of our city.
Soul Space has been providing holistic care for street health and harm reduction workers in Ottawa since 2020.
Kemptville Campus Education and Community Centre (KCECC) is a not-for-profit corporation created to maintain and renew the lands and buildings of the former Kemptville Agricultural College. The Campus has a rich agricultural and culinary heritage which it seeks to build on by developing an incubator commercial kitchen to support small food business start-ups and local farmers in Kemptville.
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The Centre for Social Enterprise Development (CSED) inspires and enables the development and growth of the social enterprise ecosystem. Our goal is a thriving social enterprise ecosystem that is a driver of economic, environmental and social impact. As a nonprofit organization, all proceeds are reinvested back into our programs and services.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and learn on unceded, traditional and ancestral lands of the Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin) nation.