What if we just stopped it before it happened?

Site Admin • June 15, 2019

source: Make An Impact
published: 5 June 2019

It’s no secret that I believe the ultimate goal of a Social Enterprise should be not to need to exist… after all, if their mission is to end a world problem, not existing means they’ve succeeded, yes?


Regretfully, this isn’t the case. But it could be. So many Social Enterprises are focussed on intervention; they rescue and save people after something has gone wrong in their life.

It’s a model that almost relies on problems to exist, so they can too. Now, don’t get me wrong, intervention-based socents, as our world problems stand right now, are vital to our welfare, and arguably, there are some problems we, as humans can never control, such as natural disasters. And yes, I do understand that some natural disasters are a direct link to climate change.

But, what if more was done on the prevention side?

In plain talk, what if we stopped the problem occurring in the first place?

Read full article here >

Caribbean meal
By MASH Support July 1, 2025
We are pleased to announce that the long-awaited MASH Meet & Eat sessions are back, with the first one taking place on 7 August 2025. The very first eat-out was in November 2017.
Lonely man sit and thinks
By MASH Support July 1, 2025
The chair of England's first public inquiry into mental health deaths vowed to "seek out the truth" - despite difficulties getting documents from the NHS.
African-Caribbean Dancers
By MASH Support June 23, 2025
Check out Catalyst 4 Change shared events calendar featuring Black event creators that are at the forefront of creating spaces for communities to thrive and enact change.
Telephone handsets hanging
By MASH Support June 16, 2025
Millions of patients experiencing mental health crisis can now benefit from support through NHS 111. NHS in England is one of the first countries in the world to offer this access.
Show More