Lanarkshire
Business
Excellence
Awards 2015
Honey Bees
the World’s Greatest Pollinators
• Directly responsible for 35% of
all foods the World eats
• Contributes £275 million pa
through pollination alone
• Safeguarding tens of thousands
of farming and food sector jobs
• Essential in offsetting CO2
emissions
• Declining by 30% annually
• Trading Arm of Community Owned Social Enterprise Kilsyth Community Market Garden
Established in 2012 to;
• Safeguard the Natural Environment for future generations
• Reverse the decline in honey bee population
• Contribute to the regeneration of multiply disadvantaged rural & urban communities
• Increase incomes, enhance quality of life, reduce social isolation & increase community
engagement of people housebound through disability, long term and/or life limiting
illnesses
• Create employment for long term unemployed and multiply disadvantaged young people
What we deliver
- Become a beekeeper for Free
- Foraging Habitat Creation
- Part financing & supporting
communities to replicate the
KVH social enterprise model
- Employ & socially support
housebound individuals
- Increase – choices, chances &
opportunities for multiply
disadvantaged individuals
Summary Achievements since 2012
Bees & Beekeepers
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Beekeepers
Honey Bees
Series 1
Habitats
Series 2
Series 3
Enterprises
Summary Achievements since 2012
Individuals
Employment
Trainees
Housebound
Volunteers
0
5
10
15
Series 3
20
Series 2
25
Series 1
30
35
40
• Aim – self sufficiency by 2013 –profits
generating by 2014
• End 2012 – Realisation that reliance on honey
sales a certain road to bankruptcy
• Focus on added value honey & beeswax
cosmetics, personal grooming, bathing, natural
healing etc. consumer products
Income
Generation
Approaches
• Capitalising on growing trends for ‘all things
natural’ and ‘healthier’ lifestyles
• Wholly natural products and product innovation
to create and grow niche markets
• Outlets initially restricted to independent
retailers
Not a Jar of
Honey in Sight
A small selection of our
added value, wholly
natural beeswax
products
Income Generation
Current Income Sources
8%
3%
8%
81%
Grants
Loans
Product Sales
2012 to 2014 Income Sources & Profits
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Sales
Grants
Profits
Use of Profits
250
200
150
100
50
0
To Contingency Reserves
To Development Fund
Community Benefits
2015
A Year of Growth & Diversification
• Increasing Economic, Environmental & Social Benefits Delivery
• Scotland’s Honey Bee Experience
• Beekeeping for Business
• Hospitality Sector Beekeeping
• Online Shopping & Marketing
• Winter Workshops Programme
• Socially Enterprising Scotland
• Exporting
The Next Generation