Showcase your social enterprise at Carrow House this Social Enterprise Day. Connect, collaborate, and celebrate together!

Following a hugely successful 2025 event, which welcomed over 250 visitors including local councils, procurement and commissioning teams, businesses, funders, supporters, and VCSE organisations from across Norfolk, we’re delighted to be back for 2026 bigger, better, and continuing to grow the spotlight on social enterprise.

Hosted by FUSE Network in partnership with Norwich Unity Hub, the Social Enterprise Day Showcase 2026 is a celebration of the incredible social enterprises creating impact across Norfolk.

This event is your opportunity to showcase your work, connect with new audiences, and take part in a day dedicated to collaboration, visibility, and celebrating the power of social enterprise.

We’ll be welcoming:

Public sector partners

Funders and supporters

VCSE organisations from across Norfolk

Local residents

Why take part?

This is a high-visibility opportunity to:

Showcase and sell your products, services, and impact

Connect with new customers, commissioners, and collaborators

Build relationships that could lead to funding, referrals, or partnerships

Raise the profile of your organisation and your mission

Plan for the day:

9:00am–9:45am – Set up

Arrive and get your stand ready to welcome visitors.

10:00am–4:00pm – Open to the public

Guests will sign in at reception and receive an event map. They’ll follow a curated route through both New and Old Carrow House, meeting organisations in their spaces and visiting stallholders across the site as part of a full-building showcase experience.

4:00pm–4:30pm – Networking & celebration

All exhibitors are invited to join us for informal networking, refreshments, and a celebratory toast recognising the impact of the social enterprise sector.

4:30pm–5:30pm – Pack down

Pack up your stall or space and depart Carrow House.

Who is this event for?

This day is designed to celebrate and showcase social enterprises. For the purpose of this event, a social enterprise is defined as an organisation that:

Has a clear social or environmental mission at the heart of its work

Is registered with an appropriate regulator (e.g. Companies House or the Charity Commission)

Reinvests the majority of its income into its mission, with an asset lock or equivalent commitment

Generates income through trading (including products, services, commissioned work, or contracts with public, private, or VCSE partners)

This includes trading charities and organisations of different legal forms, such as CICs, CIOs, charities, charitable companies limited by guarantee, co-operatives, and others operating within a social enterprise model.

How to take part:

Book a stall - Showcase your work

Join other social enterprises exhibiting throughout both Old and New Carrow House, creating a full-building showcase and a vibrant visitor journey across the site.

£40 per stall

£20 per stall for FUSE Network or Norwich Unity Hub members

Not a member yet? You can join FUSE Network here and Norwich Unity Hub here!

Carrow House residents – Open your doors

If you’re based within Carrow House, you’re invited to open your workspace to visitors and be included on the official event map.

£10 to open your space and be included on the event map

Residents can also choose to book a stall as well as open their space, if they would like to take part in both elements of the showcase. This gives you the flexibility to maximise your visibility and engagement on the day. Please select both options when completing your booking.

Visitor and exhibitor goody bags:

Following the success of last year’s event, we’ll once again be producing visitor goody bags featuring offers, samples, and promotional materials from participating social enterprises. Exhibitors are invited to contribute items to help extend their reach beyond the event and into the wider community.

Support for exhibitors:

Colleagues from Voluntary Norfolk, as part of the Empowering Communities Partnership, will be hosting a drop-in space for stallholders to mingle, chat, enjoy some refreshments and take a breather from the busy-ness! They can also chat with you about the support offered to local VCSEs through the Partnership, plus any pressing issues your organisation needs help with, or ideas you have for ways we can strengthen our sector.

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