Stepwell shares their story at the CHEX national  conference!

“A very grand yet welcoming” venue is how one delegate described St Andrew’s in the Square, the Glasgow setting for CHEX’s very first National Conference which was held on Monday 2 November 2009.  The event, entitled ‘CHEX Points to the Future…’ set a strong foundation for future development of the CHEX Network.

The keynote speech was delivered by the Minister for Public Health and Sport Shona Robison MSP who highlighted the importance of the work undertaken by the organisations within the CHEX network and the contribution they made to Scotland’s health.  The Minister also took questions from delegates and was happy to provide a photo opportunity for presenting organisations.

Steven Watson (Stepwell’s Managing Director) was delighted to have been asked to present at the conference. In his presentation, ‘Moving to social enterprise without selling your soul’, Steven shared some of the challenges, successes and inspirational stories from Stepwell’s unique journey of transition over the last 18 months from a fully funded BIG Lottery project managed within the NHS to an award winning health and wellbeing social enterprise company. Key within the presentation was the reflection on Stepwell’s core values, social enterprise vision and passion to provide high quality services to local people in a way that values and supports them to make personally vital and positive changes to their lives.

To view his presentation please click Stepwell - CHEX Conference 2009

"This presented an excellent opportunity for Stepwell to raise its profile throughout Scotland as it seeks to ensure its financial sustainability and ultimately its services to local Inverclyde residents.  We felt extremely privileged to be asked to present considering the many excellent community health organisations throughout Scotland." Steven Watson

For further information on the work of CHEX click here

If you are interested in finding out more about how social enterprise is an effective model for impacting community-led health click here (Stepwell has been used as one of the case studies in this report.)