"We have solutions to some of the big questions in society: unemployment, bad health, environment, loneliness. They can all be tackled by social enterprises based in the community," says Simon Donovan, CEO of MHDT.
Coffee is fuelling more than just the working lives of Londoners; it's taking people out of homelessness and giving them a future too. Change Please is the Big Issue of coffee.
As we ease ourselves into a new year, we'd like to share a film with you that provides a snapshot of one of the most significant events in the social enterprise calendar – the Social Enterprise World Forum.
What is Pioneers Post doing putting a restaurateur in this slot, you may well ask? Well, there's the little matter of a book he wrote called Charity Sucks for one thing. And then there are his 'social meddling tendencies'...
Legend of British television Dame Esther Rantzen is our latest passenger in the cab for this film. Recently made an Ashoka fellow, she discusses her work addressing the challenges of child abuse and loneliness amongst older people.
Passionate social entrepreneur Sadhana Deshmukh explains why she wants to inspire other Indian women to go into business. This is the fourth in a series of British Council films showing social enterprises in action around the world.
In Bangladesh, Nila and other underprivileged children are learning valuable computer programming skills. This is the third in a series of films from the British Council showing social enterprises in action around the world.
Sameen Batool started a social enterprise to create sustainable employment for women in rural Pakistan. This is the second in a series of films from the British Council showing social enterprises in action around the world.
In the first of a series of British Council films showing social enterprises in action around the world, we see how oils, infusions and super foods from the moringa tree are changing lives in Ghana.
