• Trump’s chilly bluster must be countered by warmer winds

    OPINION: There’s a message blowing across the Atlantic that the business of investment is to maximise return, and considering people and planet is woke nonsense. This argument is outdated, says GSG Impact chair Nick Hurd.

  • UK social impact investment market tops £11bn in 2024 – Better Society Capital

    New research from the UK’s social investment wholesaler shows a 12% year-on-year increase largely driven by a jump in investment in social and affordable housing, while the picture is more mixed in other segments of the market.

  • UK’s top social enterprises revealed at ‘heartening’ Social Enterprise Awards 2025 celebration

    Winners across 15 categories were unveiled at a London ceremony last night, ranging from household names Change Please and The Skill Mill to promising newcomers like EcoCoach CIC. 

  • GLL makes a splash with new Accelerator to help social enterprises learn, collaborate and scale

    Andy Bindon, Chief Officer, Change & Values at GLL, one of the UK's best-known and most successful social enterprises, introduces the organisation's new Social Enterprise Accelerator Programme.

  • ‘Rural is cool’: How social enterprise can help rural communities thrive

    The importance of community ownership, restoring community self esteem, how storytelling can help keep young people in rural areas – and more: the most interesting ideas and insights Pioneers Post heard at the Rural Social Enterprise Gathering 2025.

  • Europe's impact investor community confronts the ‘polycrisis’ at Impact Week

    Delegates at Impact Europe’s 2025 conference, held in the Swedish city of Malmö, search for impact solutions to ‘light the way’ to a brighter future.

UK social enterprise awards 2025 audience

The Editor's Post: Why we all need a 'festival of hope'

Events like this week's UK Social Enterprise Awards are an all too infrequent bright spot in many people’s calendars: it gives people a chance to reflect upon the positive things that they have achieved despite a challenging economic and political context.