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People displaced by conflict don’t have to be passive recipients of donations. Vadym Georgienko explains how a pilot of the ‘Citizen Token System’, which he designed, has enabled entrepreneurs in a town in western Ukraine to thrive.
As entrepreneurs eager to use artificial intelligence for the greater good grapple with AI’s negative impacts on people and planet, speakers at the ChangeNow conference offer practical solutions to create a truly sustainable AI.
From tracking underwater creatures to optimising crop yields, many entrepreneurs now use AI to tackle environmental challenges. But, with much uncertainty – and concerns about AI’s negative impact – they’re entering unknown waters.
As Trump’s USA takes its eye off social impact, Europe’s venture capitalists stand at a decisive moment in history, concluded discussions at the latest FASE Impact Fire Talk. But capital strategies must evolve to unleash VCs’ true transformative power.
He's joined police forces across the country to tackle knife and gun crime, he runs anti-bullying programmes in schools, and now he wants to launch a social enterprise leisure centre to rival Virgin, Fitness First and David Lloyd Leisure.
If we want to to enjoy our morning scroll through the news without being accosted by 'Banking Scandal' headlines, we need local authorities to create a network of local banks we can trust.
Social investment plays a vital role in improving the GCSE exam results of disadvantaged students in the UK and the UN looks to entrepreneurship to solve the youth unemployment crisis in Gambia.
"Our sector is so much the stronger for his lifetime of work. I will greatly miss his friendship and his wisdom" – Sir Stuart Etherington on Stephen Lloyd, much loved and respected charity and social enterprise lawyer, who died this week.
The most successful social enterprises will have broken down the doors of a disused building and used them as tables. They'll also be able to tell a fantastic story.
A sense of purpose is a luxury that we aspire to. And there's something about the quest to reach it that irks accidental social entrepreneur, Helen Trevaksis.
Billions of pounds of cuts, 'graphs of doom', the promise and betrayals of the Big Society, lead us to one big question: who pays when the state can't?
We meet the social entrepreneur with a sweet tooth who is tackling some of Scotland's biggest social issues, such as isolation and loneliness, with honey.
