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.
In a Pioneers Post exclusive the new Minister for Civil Society Brooks Newmark writes about his first two months in office, his passion for social enterprise and the UK's first Social Saturday.
A £25m fund launched by Bridges Ventures in April 2013 to support charities and social enterprises to deliver social services has successfully closed, the specialist fund manager today announced.
The G8 social investment taskforce will report next week. At SOCAP, the world's biggest social invesment event, taskforce chair Sir Ronald Cohen says governments hold the key to helping social investment take off like venture capital.
What does mischief have to do with starting social movements and how in the 21st century can we inspire the masses into action? Ellie Ward talks to John Jackson – a leading figure in a number of international campaigns – to find out.
Shona McDonald is breaking down the barriers facing children with disabilities in South Africa through her social enterprise. Pioneers Post's editor Tim West caught up with the social entrepreneur at the Opportunity Collaboration gathering.
A government-backed fund created to support small businesses and social enterprises has helped generate over £100m for the local economy in England reveals the Community Development Finance Association.
Margaret Thatcher merged with Che Guevara and a Boris Johnson-Karl Marx mix up will confront politicians returning to Westminster following the summer break as part of the Social Economy's manifesto launch.
Human rights groups in Egypt have raised the alarm that the country's NGOs are under threat because of a new law taking away their autonomy. Elsewhere, an innovative campaign in Wisconsin, USA has been launched to promote social entrepreneurship.
How do you decide between one social investment and another? Meet the hip implant entrepreneur who's developing an investment club to support social start-ups, in our latest series of interviews from the Opportunity Collaboration.
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