A Chesterfield organisation which aims to benefit the local community is launching a festival to celebrate social enterprises across the area.
Kakou is bringing the SocialFuse Festival for the 2nd year in a row this September, focusing on businesses and groups which make a positive contribution on social impact, sustainability and transparency.
The festival aims to bring together passionate Chesterfield residents and entrepreneurs with an interest in how businesses can positively affect their local community.
Events such as Accessible UK’s Peak District Wellness Walk, or the return of the community crowdfunding evening, Chesterfield SOUP will be included as part of the SocialFuse festival, which runs from 4-9 September 2023.
A spokesperson for Kakou commented: “There are over 100,000 social enterprises operating in the UK alone, and for the second year in a row, we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate the good work being done by Social Enterprises across Chesterfield and Derbyshire.
“Even if you’ve never heard of a social enterprise, you’ve probably seen some of our work in Chesterfield. From our award-winning public photography exhibition, ‘The Last Photo’, to our involvement in the British Sign Language Choir Unify who recently performed before the nation at the Coronation celebrations this past May.
“Our involvement alone at Kakou has spread far and wide across the UK, let alone the strong network of dozens of other Social Enterprises doing good work for the community in our very hometown.
“We can’t wait for September, and the beginning of a bigger, bolder SocialFuse Festival that we’ve been planning since last year’s inaugural festival!”
To get involved with the festival as a Chesterfield SOUP pitcher or as an official sponsor, get in touch via email at: hello@kakou-technologies.org.uk
To learn more about SocialFuse Festival, and to book your places at the festival’s events, head to: festival.socialfuse.org.uk
Kakou supports the marketing and economic growth of the town through Chesterfield Champions, a network of over 200 organisations across Chesterfield and North Derbyshire.
