About Us - Board Members
Martin Price - Martin Price Associates (Chairman)
Dr Martin Price - Director of Martin Price Associates since 1996, is an experienced consultant, who has had a number of senior management roles in the voluntary sector in Wales.
Martin has extensive experience of the Social Enterprise sector in Wales. He has designed training workshops around understanding Social Enterprise on behalf of the Welsh Government, and has supported the development of many community and voluntary sector projects, as well as Social Enterprises across Wales, with business planning and feasibility studies.
In his position as non-executive chair of one of the most successful Social Firms in Europe ‘Pack-IT’, he has a wide understanding of the issues faced by Social Firms and the key to their successful operation. He has supported Social Firms Wales since its inception and has been an active member of the steering group.
Dr Price is Chair of The Institute of Fundraising Cymru, a UK Trustee of the Institute, and a committee member of the consultants group of the Institute. He is a Board Member of the Development Trusts Association Wales and a member of the Advisory Board for Social Firms Wales.
He is a Member of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Operational Research Society.
He is non-executive Chair of the largest social firm in Wales – Pack-IT Ltd in Cardiff Bay, which employs people with a learning disability. Pack-It was the UK Enterprising Solutions Social Enterprise of the Year 2003 and was European Social Firm of the Year 2005.
For three years, he was a Trustee of a Cardiff-based charity – ABCD, which helps children and young people from ethnic minorities who have disabilities.
He ran the South Wales operation of The Prince's Youth Business Trust, helping some 400 disadvantaged young people into self-employment over a period of three years.
He worked with Business in the Community in Wales, setting up Employee Volunteering schemes, forging links between companies and the voluntary sector. He set up the Fund raising Operation for Mencap in Wales in their Fiftieth Anniversary year.
Rosie Cribb - Social Entrepreneur (Board Member)
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Rosie Cribb has a background in the public and voluntary sectors primarily initiating and developing projects- this has lead in latter years to a focus on fundraising and project management. She has also lead on the development of a number of social enterprises in South Wales including a community recycling ‘Scrapstore’ in Blaenau Gwent whilst working for Ebbw Vale and District Development Trust, and more recently facilitating and raising funds to establish a catering company in Cardiff, training and employing people with learning disabilities, for Innovate Trust. Having recently become a first time mum she is now focusing on developing a career in freelance fundraising alongside establishing a Vintage clothing boutique in Usk, Monmouthshire.
San Leonard - Chief Executive of Social Firms Wales and Voluntary Director of Social Firms UK
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Currently employed as a Director of Social Firms Wales, San Leonard is a highly professional businessperson and entrepreneur who is passionate about working at the heart of community regeneration to develop opportunities that bring about sustainable social change.
Working within family businesses from a very early age, she has successfully grown several business enterprises. Now, with more than 30 years in management and business development within the private sector, she uses that experience whilst working to support the growth of commercially viable social businesses that offer paid employment and career advancement in a mixed ability, supportive business environment.
With considerable first-hand knowledge of working with people with disabilities, San is well placed and understands fully, the need to develop training and work opportunities for people who are often the furthest from the labour market. These valuable experiences and skills are utilised to their fullest in helping and advising organisations who work directly with some of the most excluded groups in today’s society. Successes have been built on both a good understanding of all sectors within the community and the ability to look at the wider vision and opportunities.
Recognised by her peers as a clear strategic thinker, San clearly demonstrates the ability to build long-term cross sector supportive relationships. A well-respected advocate of cross-sector partnership working, she recognises the real benefits that can be accrued by working with other professional practitioners to bring about sustainable social change. She is ever mindful however, that this approach is not a “quick fix” option but more, a long-term solution to address changing attitudes in society.
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