Sirolli Information

The Journey so far...

North Liverpool is a place full of passions, vibrant, gritty and always tough and there have been many “top-down” initiatives that have tried to do things for the area but ENABLE is set to utilise local imagination and passion, using the Sirolli model, so that the area, its people and its communities are the engine of a real transformation. When Ernesto Sirolli, full of charisma and stories of his belief in people and his “bottom-up”, counter-intuitive approach visited the area in early 2005 many were sceptical. Much talking and thinking took place. People from most of the local community organisations got involved and by the spring of 2006 there was sufficient determination and will to go ahead and appoint a Facilitator. The selection process was very thorough and exhaustive and our facilitator was appointed to start work in December 2006. Much still lies ahead. The quality and effectiveness of this will depend on the efforts of all involved. We are determined to build our Panel further but a lot has been achieved already. We can celebrate much especially: -

  • That so many community organisations are firmly bedded into our work
  • That we have a good and positive culture and a set of core values that are respected
  • That our Facilitator has a growing and highly diverse band of clients – both existing businesses and new set-ups
  • That our belief that there is a strong flow of worthwhile business ideas awaiting expression in north Liverpool is now supported by evidence
  • That the special kind of highly personal support that we can offer is now making a real difference in many cases and is of the kind that is not available elsewhere
  • That a significant contribution is being made by the personal connections made amongst clients and with others.
  • That our Panel can repeatedly offer good and relevant ideas for our brainstorming
  • That our Panel has a wide spread of talent and is a place where hardnosed business people can engage and interact with community activists and public servants
  • That the Panel’s meetings are always accompanied by valuable informal exchanges of information
  • That our work is creating and enhancing a genuine “ripple effect” to create a distinctive culture of enterprise amongst people and communities that have long had a culture of dependency
  • That we are working in excellent harmony with the adjoining Sirolli projects.
  • That even at this relatively early stage successes are emerging that provide good role models and a base for convincing sceptical local businesses and people that the Sirolli methodology works.
What we have achieved to Date

 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 (to date) Total
New Businesses Created        
0 13 19 3 35
Existing Businesses Supported 7 23 11 2 43
Jobs Created 0 17 27 0 44
Beneficaries 23 81 129 16 249