#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.  - You are not alone: how business supports can help you. - Mick’s advice for making your dream business a reality.    Get connected socially with Mick Kelly: https://giy.ie/  https://www.facebook.com/GIYIreland  https://www.instagram.com/giyireland/  https://twitter.com/giyireland/  https://www.youtube.com/user/GIYIreland    Get connected socially with host Finola Howard:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/ https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks https://twitter.com/HowGMW https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW   This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com