Olympics 'should fund a social enterprise park'

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector, 2 April 2008

An east London social entrepreneur is garnering support to establish a social enterprise business park as part of the legacy of the 2012 Olympics.

Sion Whellens, client services director at printing design cooperative Calverts, came up with the idea of a so-called 'square mile' for social enterprises to mirror Canary Wharf in London's Docklands. Whellens said the park would be a way to harness the Government's promise of a 'sustainable Olympics' for the benefit...

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