With just over a week until the Sankalp World Forum in Delhi, we've interviewed one of this year's speakers, Teresa Njoroge, about her extraordinary journey from international banking to a Kenyan prison and, finally, social entrepreneurship.

Specialist fund manager Bridges Ventures is backing the first social impact bond in the world specifically designed to help people with long-term health conditions including diabetes and heart disabilities. 

Politicians and advocates of social investment must minimise social investment hype and the role of Big Society Capital should be reconsidered, concludes a new report by the Alternative Commission on Social Investment.

As part of our new investment readiness series in partnership with the Social Investment Business and Big Potential, we present the story of Chime – the trailblazing NHS spin out with its sights set on nationwide expansion.

Brazil's largest impact investing fund gets a $10m boost, the Nigerian government launches a solar powered schools initiative in Lagos and the prestigious Cambridge University announces the launch of a 2016 social innovation masters degree.

The 2015 European Commission Social Innovation Competition launched this week and aims to find the best business ideas to tackle the most pressing issues in Europe – ageing populations, climate change and more.

From 12 women in one room to 7,000 in production units across Bangladesh, over the past decade Hathay Bunano has empowered Bangladeshi women from the country's most disadvantaged communities. Ellie Ward reports.

Big Lottery Fund, Big Society Capital and the Cabinet Office have teamed up to launch Access: The Foundation for Social Investment to provide £100m of support to assist social ventures struggling to access finance. 

George Osborne yesterday announced that £75m of fines imposed on UK banks will go to military charities. But community activists argue the money would be better invested in financial services for those excluded from mainstream banking sector.