Ep 47 Kirrily Graham, Founder Dovetail Social Enterprises on small business impact partnerships

Today's episode features Kirrily Graham, founder of Dovetail Social Enterprises. Through Dovetail, Kirrily is on a mission to transform how small & medium sized charities operate, creating more sustainable organisations through empowering micro, small and medium sized businesses to develop successful charity partnerships that don’t just raise the funds they need for their projects but also become social impact investors, building the charity's capacity and capabilities to amplify the great work that they do in the world. 

Kirrily’s combined experience of working in the NFP industry, running her own micro, small & medium-size businesses (MSME) as well as working in the corporate sector, has led her to create her own Social Enterprise to empower partnership between MSME's and small but mighty, grass-root charities. 

If you are a leader of a small to medium business and you want to make a greater difference in the world through simple and powerful partnership with grass-root charities that will help them scale – this episode is for you!

Kirrily shares with us

• How her background in the charity sector and her own personal burnout experience opened her eyes to a massive gap that small charities are struggling with
• The TED talk by Dan Pallotta that got right inside her head and spurred her to take action
• How all of this led to her starting Dovetail Social Enterprises
• She explains what a Social Enterprise is
• She shares the really smart model that she has created through Dovetail that benefits both charity partners and the for-profit businesses who join her program
• She talks about some of the charity partners within her program as well as the vetting procedure she goes through in selecting them
• She highlights the different levels of partnership a business can come in at; and at the top level, she talks about Charity Challenges – a wonderful opportunity to fundraise while challenging yourself and potentially your team or even your clients.
• Her vision for scaling the program to create more impact
• Network for Good - a great way for anyone interested to get involved now

 

Resources and links to connect with Kirrily

Kirrily Graham Linkedin

Dovetail Social Enterprises website

Network for Good