Investors big and small took the leap this week to make a difference. Highlights included £25m being raised in 24 hours for affordable housing, financial inclusion being backed by some big guns and the proliferation of advisors.
Kilmarnock in New Zealand employs 80 people with intellectual disabilities, delivers commercial contracts for big businesses and is about to launch its own training academy. But just a few years ago the organisation was at breaking point.
The founder of a social enterprise that employs refugees as language tutors was inspired by the experiences of her own mother. To celebrate Refugee Week, we talk to Chatterbox boss Mursal Hedayat.
Investors big and small took the leap this week to make a difference. Highlights included £25m being raised in 24 hours for affordable housing, financial inclusion being backed by some big guns and the proliferation of advisors.
The founder of a social enterprise that employs refugees as language tutors was inspired by the experiences of her own mother. To celebrate Refugee Week, we talk to Chatterbox boss Mursal Hedayat.
Kilmarnock in New Zealand employs 80 people with intellectual disabilities, delivers commercial contracts for big businesses and is about to launch its own training academy. But just a few years ago the organisation was at breaking point.
UpEffect boasts a 100% success record for the social enterprises crowdfunding on the site. Is this impact investment made easy? Lee Mannion talks to founder Sheeza Shah.
At an event to mark the launch of a fund to enable better access to social investment, Access board member Steve Wyler suggested the hype is very different to the reality.
After much faffing around by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a Twitter bio update by the MP for Chatham and Aylesford appears to confirm who is finally in place.
Twitter has been awash with rumours of a new Minister for Civil Society who has consistently voted against same sex marriage and restricting charity campaigning during elections...
Ahead of his appearance at the Social Enterprise World Forum in September, serial social entrepreneur Sir Ray Avery explains his motivation to make millions of people's lives better.
