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.
Pioneers Post and NatWest are seeking out the brightest and best applicants for this year's NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards. Don't miss your chance to be counted among the UK's top social enterprises this year.
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.
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.
B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.
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.
One woman leads a community in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, helping them to find peace and providing them with a place to heal through a community farm project.
As Africa's economy grows apace, entrepreneurs from across the continent are turning their energies towards deep-rooted challenges from poverty to corruption.
It's often tempting to think 'I'll just do it, it'll be quicker' when it comes to running a social venture with limited resources – but if this happens all the time the alarm bells should start ringing because it can be detrimental to business success.
