Richard Mehmed’s Blog
Richard Mehmed
Richard Mehmed founded the first community wood recycling enterprise, the Brighton and Hove Wood Recycling Project, in 1998. He is now the Managing Director of the National Community Wood Recycling Project and the Community Wood Recycling national network.
1103, 2024
Social enterprise conference in Portugal
"Just been invited to a social enterprise conference in Portugal to talk about our 25 year journey. I have been fortunate enough to attend many such gatherings in a fair number of European countries over the last few years. What surprises me is that wherever I have been, it soon becomes obvious that the social enterprise sector here is so much bigger, more developed, more diverse and more resilient than that in Europe. Yes, many nations might have bigger, better [...]