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Social Enterprise DEVELOPING TALENT 76 JT It's also the living creativity of the craft inheritance from the world's first industrial city, a social edge and an entrepreneurial edge – people have the nerve to get up and try things and if you succeed you'll get noticed. It's the DIY of Anthony Wilson, of punk and of SMEs. There's a communitarian spirit which makes the place gel. You should aim to be successful but feel the obligation to give something back. I can cycle to work in 15 minutes and get to an international airport in 15 minutes. Local, proud of its roots and international – it's a description that applies to the University as well as the city. There is something about any industrial city which had very organised leisure time which generates a very specific music culture and the whole area has a history of making your own music and songwriting. It was crafting songs for which Noel Gallagher became famous. Manchester culture is tied closely to the development of society. Theatre is as much of a community activity as a staged presentation, consistent with the participatory and entrepreneurial nature of the society. For example, TiPP (Theatre in Prisons and Probation) was a University spin-out company – taking participation in theatre into difficult situations and communities, but is now independent. The University has strong links with the Contact Theatre – an independent company bringing participation in the whole business of production and performance to young people." This connection of the global and local is down to the connected and open nature of the University. Givemetap is an enterprise which sells reuseable bottles with which customers can get refills of tap water from a participating network of cafes and restaurants. Profits are used to support projects aimed at providing clean drinking water in developing countries.