Tagged - New Year Honours

Social entrepreneurs and other impact leaders recognised for their public service by government and royal family.

Honours bestowed on Sara Llewellin, Vidhya Alakeson and Ceri Goddard among others, as new campaign calls for an end to the “colonial links” of their awards.

Damehood for Caroline Mason, the boss of leading grantmaker and social investor Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, plus accolades for many more in New Year Honours – but questions around an award of ‘empire’ persist.

Leaders at Kibble, Tree Shepherd, Miss Macaroon and Social Enterprise Mark CIC are among those recognised in this year's list.

From nearly 1,200 awards, three figures in the social enterprise and social investment world were recognised in the annual list of gongs that recognises high achievers in public life.

Australia's first community owned renewable energy retailer gets set to open its doors and impact fund manager LeapFrog Investments hit £1bn milestone.

Peter Holbrook, CEO of Social Enterprise UK, is among the leaders from the social economy to be honoured in the 2015 New Year Honours. He is joined by a pioneer in the health sector and the dragon who swapped TV fame for social business.