Andrea Gamson, co-founder of _SocialStarters and WISE100 Women’s Champion award-winner, on surviving the 2004 tsunami, booking in ‘monk days’ for her mental health, and plugging the skills gap in social enterprise.
Dealing with imposter syndrome, acknowledging marginalisation and being a role model. Words of wisdom from our WISE100 network shared at our day of learning and celebration in November.
Top prizes were presented last week to seven outstanding women in social enterprise at the 2019 NatWest WISE100 awards – find out why they stood out from the pack.
The annual NatWest WISE100 recognises the most inspiring and influential women in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business. Find out who's made the 2019 list.
Do we still need to keep men out sometimes to help women progress in (social) business? Pioneers Post put the question to our guests at last month’s WISE100 dinner – and the jury’s still out.
Teresa Reynolds doesn't want young people to grow up struggling with the same self-esteem issues she did. We discover how her social enterprise is using makeup training to help people open up about how they feel about themselves.
How can social entrepreneurs adopt campaigning strategies to achieve their social mission? Glasgow's women in social enterprise – including Hey Girls' Celia Hodson – on thinking outside the box and efforts to reach ‘normal folk’.
Numerous barriers stop people from speaking up in the workplace. At a lunch hosted by NatWest and Pioneers Post, we hear how some of Northern Ireland’s women in social enterprise are tackling them.
