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  • Let’s wake the sleeping giant of social change: procurement

    EXPERT INSIGHT: How and where public money is spent is too often regarded as a back-office procedure, rather than the frontline instrument of social change that it should be, says Mark Swift.

  • Giselle Gonzales, founder of EqualReach: from the Syrian refugee route to creating opportunities for displaced tech workers

    Giselle Gonzales talks to Tim West about how documenting refugees’ journey across Europe ten years ago inspired her to launch EqualReach, a social enterprise that connects businesses to highly-skilled tech teams in refugee communities.

  • Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2026 and beyond

    Ready to network, learn and get inspired? Don't book your diary without the Pioneers Post roundup of impact economy events coming soon – for social entrepreneurs, impact investors and all those working within the global impact economy.

  • Pioneers Post Business School: How to do good business, better

    The tools and insight you need to do good business, better. Get expert advice, practical insight and frontline examples on key business management topics from our network of social business practitioners and advisors. 

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Top 5 co-workspaces with a social conscience

10,000 co-working spaces are expected to open around the world by the end of this year. With so much choice, how do you choose where to locate? Laura Billings and Marina Melani from Edspace pick five of the top socially minded options. 

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Top tips on approaching a theory of change

For many socially driven start-ups the journey from idea to business execution is a long and complicated one. This is why developing a theory of change can help guide you and ensure the end goal is always in sight.

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How to get (and keep) the people that you need

Having worked in senior roles for two very different companies in the last 15 years, we thought Andrew Croft, chief executive of CAN, would be able to offer a few pearls of wisdom about running a successful organisation. Turns out we were right.