AIBŌ won the Ford Family Foundation’s flagship event, which was hosted at Barclays Innovation Hub powered by Eagle Labs in Shoreditch on Tuesday 21 October. A £50,000 prize pot was shared between the six finalists.
The ‘Be the Future Challenge’ calls for social enterprise ideas linked to one of the UN’s sustainable development goals, and able to make a profit through selling a product or service. Deadline now extended to 17 July.
It started out as a school project – but seven years on, a Philippines design hub and soft toy producer has helped get more than 100 women into jobs. The journey hasn’t always been easy, though.
If you want to find a job with impact, go to a conference says Will Churchill, social enterprise manager at Student Hubs. Emerge 2011 was the gateway to his social enteprise career.
