Humanitix opens UK office in Edinburgh with announcement of £500,000 annual prize for UK social enterprises and charities, and promise of focus on events accessibility for people with disabilities
As Big Issue Invest celebrates achieving £100m of social investments during its first 20 years, executive chair Mark Porter reflects on the UK social investor’s journey so far and the challenges that lie ahead.
As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
IMPACT 101: Cooperatives are big business: more than 1bn people are cooperative members, and the top 300 cooperatives and mutuals turn over more than US$2tn. But how do these entities work, and what are their benefits and drawbacks?
Companies that don't take into account social and environmental challenges and innovate accordingly will be left behind, says a new report by think tank Volans.
Legend of British television Dame Esther Rantzen is our latest passenger in the cab for this film. Recently made an Ashoka fellow, she discusses her work addressing the challenges of child abuse and loneliness amongst older people.
When John Taylor Hospice span out from the NHS, it was essential the public understood what it stood for and the services it offered. Diane Parkes, head of brand & media, explains how it got the message across.
TV personality, champion of children’s rights and supporter of vulnerable older people – these are just some of the ways to describe Dame Esther Rantzen. She takes us on a tour of the city she calls home.
Passionate social entrepreneur Sadhana Deshmukh explains why she wants to inspire other Indian women to go into business. This is the fourth in a series of British Council films showing social enterprises in action around the world.
Experienced social entrepreneurs will mix with enthusiastic newbies at this year's Social Enterprise World Forum. That's one of the best things about the event, Gerry Higgins tells us.
In Bangladesh, Nila and other underprivileged children are learning valuable computer programming skills. This is the third in a series of films from the British Council showing social enterprises in action around the world.
