Oakhaven Care is delighted to be shortlisted in the 'Consumer Facing Social Enterprise of the Year' category at the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025. Run by Social Enterprise UK, the Awards celebrate the leading lights in our sector, showcasing diversity and impact across 15 categories.
Social enterprises are businesses that trade for a social or environmental purpose, and reinvest at least half their profits to further that mission. There are around 131,000 social enterprises in the UK, employing 2.3 million people, and we’re delighted to be recognised as one of the best in this pioneering business movement.
Commenting on being a UK Social Enterprise Awards finalist, Oakhaven Care's Managing Director, Erica Longyear, said: “We are thrilled to have reached the finals of this prestigious national award. A social enterprise owned by The Oakhaven Trust, Oakhaven Care donates 100% of any profits to Oakhaven Hospice. Since our formation twelve years ago, Oakhaven Care has now donated a cumulative £1 million to Oakhaven Hospice, thereby helping to fund the provision of hospice care to patients across the New Forest, Waterside and Totton community."
We’ll join other finalists and VIP guests at a prestigious awards ceremony at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London’s Southbank Centre on 26th November, when the winners will be revealed.
