2019's NatWest SE100 Impact Champion Award went to ECT Charity, a community transport organisation which enables society's most vulnerable to get out and about. Watch our film to find out why.
Will changes proposed by the Department of Transport put community transport operators out of business? Or is this a huge opportunity for social enterprises to compete fairly against purely commercial bus operators?
"Telling our story isn’t enough – we have to demonstrate the value of the benefit we provide." A new report has found that the UK community transport sector has the potential to make savings of up to £1.1bn a year for the public purse.
A social enterprise bus operator in the UK has raised £10m investment from institutional investors and lenders, making this the largest growth capital investment in the UK impact investing sector.
