The number of social enterprises with equity, diversity and inclusion strategies has been steadily growing over the past five years, despite fresh challenges, reveals our deep dive into data from the SE100 Index and Social Business Awards.
Dr Chih Hoong Sin welcomes the UK government’s rediscovered enthusiasm for outcomes funds with the launch of the world’s biggest fund of this type. But we should look beyond its impressive size to focus upon how it can best optimise impact.
ANALYSIS: The UK’s privatised water industry has been sinking into debt and disrepair for years, but a commission set up to seek solutions overlooks ownership models that could work for all, say impact economy experts.
NatWest SE100 2025 awards were celebrated for the first time in Manchester, England, recognising social enterprises and social investors from across the UK.
Divine chocolate are one of the UK’s flagship social enterprises – but while we often hear from its HQ in London, it is less often we get to hear from the cocoa frontline in Ghana. Lee Mannion meets farmer Esther Mintah Ephraim.
After much discussion about how charities should adapt to meet new challenges facing the non-proft sector, at the International Fundraising Congress, the Red Cross's Alberto Cairo closed the conference with a call to arms: embrace change.
They strike a chord with the public, spread lightning fast, raise a lot of money and heighten awareness of good causes. But viral campaigns can be hard to manage for charities.
1,000 fundraisers from around the world come together in Amsterdam to discuss the future of fundraising as traditional methods are disrupted by innovations including social investment.
There are too many social investors in a hot-air balloon that isn't rising; it needs to lose some ballast. Without compelling reasons to stay in the basket, they're getting kicked out. What happened next?
Trust and collaboration are key to achieving a tipping point in social enterprise concludes the UK’s leading conference on social investment and value Critical Mass.
Six of the UK's leading social ventures creating social and environmental impact in a variety of sectors including health and education have been named this year's NatWest SE100 Award winners.
With an attention grabbing title, a workshop called 'The Social Entrepreneur's Guide to Flirting' let Critical Mass delegates know how to be a hit at conferences. Networking knowhow followed...
