The 2020 NatWest SE100 Social Business Award winners convinced the judges that they ran solid and successful enterprises in 2019. But how have they been weathering the Covid-19 storm?
Taking the temperature of UK social enterprises before the Covid-19 crisis: It may seem like a different time – but just over six months ago, the UK’s top social enterprises were looking ahead to times of growth and success.
"I said that nobody is going to be thinking about investing in Shared Interest at a time like this – but I couldn’t have been more wrong." Our joint SE100 Impact Management Champion shares her gratitude in the British public.
It's the UK’s biggest community-owned wind farm – and since it opened in 2016, our very first SE100 Environmental Champion has given out more than £1m in donations and grants.
A key reason to measure impact is to then use that knowledge to adapt your activities. The Skills Builder Partnership does exactly this and is the reason why it is a joint winner of our SE100 Impact Management Champion award.
A combination of physical fitness and mental health services is a winning formula for Projekt 42, a not-for-profit gym and wellness centre in Leith, Edinburgh which is this year's SE100 Trailblazing Newcomer.
GLL is the UK’s largest social enterprise leisure provider. At the start of 2019, our Storyteller award winner launched a new marketing campaign to attract millennials away from private operators that were threatening its market share.
The Sewing Rooms had great opportunities lined up earlier this year. Then Covid hit and everything went on hold. But the fighting spirit took over for our SE100 Resilience Award winner – The Sewing Rooms.