Website: http://dsi.britishcouncil.org.cn
Contact: Ms Peng Yanni, Assistant Director, Society and Development
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Tel: + 86 10 6590 6903 ext 258
Adress: 4/F Landmark Building Tower1, 8 North Dongsanhuan Rd. Chaoyang District, 100004, Beijing, China

About
The British Council is the UK’s leading international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities. The British Council works in over 100 countries worldwide to build engagement and trust between people of all cultures through the exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Program description
YouChange and The British Council (BC) jointly running the “Skills for Social Entrepreneurs” training , which provides training on social enterprise for people who are working to make a difference in their communities. Participants will link up with existing networks of social entrepreneurs in the UK and around the world for peer support, mentoring and funding opportunities.

Participants
Participants from all over the country attended the Skills for Social Entrepreneurs training in Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and other cities. Participants are either experienced NGO practitioners or new starters with creative ideas. They are working in diverse areas such as poverty-relief, care for the old people, employment, education, and environmental protection, the disabled and rural development. Despite the different backgrounds, they came together with the same objective - for a better understanding of social enterprise and the relative skills and for more effective solutions to the social challenges.
Participants compete for 500,000 RMB funding upon completion of the course.

Applications
There is no specific limitation for participants. The applicants are required to fill up an application form that including a whole social entrepreneur program planning. The course fee is RMB1000.