#6 Growing a Sustainable Social Enterprise with Mick Kelly

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. This week, Finola is joined by the inspirational Mick Kelly. Mick is a social entrepreneur, author, TV presenter and founder of GIY (Grow It Yourself) – a non-profit social enterprise on a mission to educate and enable a global movement of food growers to help rebuild a sustainable food system.

In this episode, we learn how Mick connected his passion with a purpose following a supermarket encounter with a bulb of garlic. Mick opens up about the opportunities and challenges of growing a sustainable social enterprise and reveals the organic evolution of GIY. Keep an ear out at the end of the episode as Mick plants a sign-off seed sharing his advice for making your business dreams a reality! Key points throughout the episode include:

- An introduction to Mick Kelly.

- A rewind to the roots of Grow It Yourself.

- Identifying gaps in the market and taking action.

- Sharing knowledge and expanding a local community into a nationwide community.

- Mick’s accidental step into social enterprise.

- An insight into the food system and climate change.

- Business growth: striving for global success.

- Building confidence to achieve your goals.

- How one person can make a significant difference in the world.

- The power of vision setting and goal setting.

- Building a culture and the importance of organisational core values.

- Finding courage and overcoming fears in business.