Claire Dove

Biographical Information
"Claire Dove OBE DL is a key player in the social enterprise movement and since the early 1980’s has led the Blackburne House Group using her entrepreneurial skills to support the growth of the organisation into an award winning and extremely successful social business.

"Claire Dove is a key player in the social enterprise movement and since the early 1980’s has led the Blackburne House Group using her entrepreneurial skills to support the growth of the organisation into an award winning and extremely successful social business.

"Blackburne House is a Liverpool based organisation that works regionally and nationally and has empowered thousands of women into careers in non- traditional areas such as construction. It is a Beacon College and runs the School for Social Entrepreneurs in the North West.

"Claire has been extremely active in shaping the strategic direction of social enterprise policy at a national level since the inception of the Social Enterprise UK.  Claire was appointed as a UK Social Enterprise Ambassador and on joining the board of the Coalition she chaired their BAME Taskforce before taking over as Chair in 2007 from Baroness Glenys Thornton.

"Claire is a Deputy Lieutenant for Merseyside, a Fellow and governor of John Moores University, Vice Chair of Liverpool Community College and a business ambassador for the Northwest, an advisor to the University of Liverpool besides supporting wide range of organisations. She has sat on a number of local and national commissions and panels and is currently chairing a Fairness Commission for the City of Liverpool.  She is Patron to a number of organisations which include St. Cuthbert's College in St. Helens and Ubunifu a social enterprise in Kenya."

Affiliations

 * Director (chair), Social Enterprise UK