Robert Ashton

Consultant and social entrepreneur

Robert Ashton is a social entrepreneur, campaigner and bestselling business author. His 12th book, How to be a Social Entrepreneur,was published by Capstone in October 2010.

He works with grassroots organisations, charities, schools, social enterprises and housing organisations, helping them become more entrepreneurial, and has advised government on the subject of social enterprise.

Locally, Robert is a vice patron of Norfolk Community Foundation, an organisation he helped establish, and chairs Human Library UK CIC, a new organisation that challenges prejudice.

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Carrot and stick 1

Governance | Robert Ashton
21 May 2012

Tags: Big Society | Leadership and strategy | Community fundraising

Community isn't led by government, so why wait for it to tell you what to do, protests Robert Ashton.

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Is my reality the same as your reality? 1

Finance | Robert Ashton
10 May 2012

Tags: Social enterprise

What's the difference between fundamentalist Christians and social entrepreneurs? Not a lot, sometimes, says Robert Ashton.

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Chinese takeaway

Finance | Robert Ashton
23 Apr 2012

Tags: Social enterprise

Robert Ashton mulls over the motivations behind the growing enthusiasm for social enterprise.

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Let's put some enterprise into LEPs 1

Finance | Robert Ashton
13 Apr 2012

Tags: Social enterprise

With a dwindling government pot, communities need to take ownership of their Local Enterprise Partnerships, says Robert Ashton.

When it comes to experiencing and dealing with the impact of a 'financial vasectomy', SME's in the private sector will be already way ahead in the competition for funding of any ex-grant-dependent third sector organisations that opportunistically call themselves 'social enterprises'.

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When networking alone is not enough 2

Fundraising | Robert Ashton
26 Mar 2012

Tags: Communications

Voluntary sector people need to step out of their comfort zone and learn the language of business if they are to unlock new income streams, advises Robert Ashton.

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Cut out the jargon, I'm drowning in acronyms

Governance | Robert Ashton
1 Mar 2012

Tags: Public service delivery

Robert Ashton is left flummoxed by the confusing architecture of jargonistic acronyms and non-joined-up processes encountered in setting up a new hospice. Surely there is some way to ease the burden, he asks.