As momentum grows behind the #CharitySoWhite movement, social investors say campaign is much needed – and highlight the poor diversity record in their own field.
'Lived experience': just another buzzword, or a basic rule of engagement? Catch22 – which runs an incubator for entrepreneurs with direct exposure to the problems they're trying to tackle – weighs in.
Finance Innovation Lab incubates the people, ideas and movements building an alternative, healthier financial system. We meet co-founder Charlotte Millar – summed up by her WISE100 nominator as both “kind” and “powerful”.
The 16th Skoll World Forum, on the theme of ‘accelerating possibility’, opened with a call to address the inherent inequalities in philanthropy and social investment.
Embracing diversity means addressing more than just gender imbalances – the social enterprise space needs to start taking note of who we're excluding. A conversation with Dr Pragya Agarwal on the sidelines of the WISE100 launch.
Four traps social investment firms are falling into when it comes to diversity – and a few ways to avoid them, from the co-chair of the Diversity Forum.
Social investment firms report just a small improvement in gender diversity among decision-makers – but the typical board director is still male, white and privately-educated.
This International Women’s Day, learn about a project inspiring a new generation of social leaders – people who have actually experienced the problems that they aim to solve.
UK social enterprises are outperforming mainstream businesses on job creation, start-up rates and in promoting diversity, but key challenges around access to finance and public sector contracts remain barriers to the continued growth of the sector.
