As foundations explore beyond the offer of grants to support social organisations, the latest open data compiled by the UK government provides an early snapshot of their activities in the emerging social investment landscape.
P3, Right Track and Patchwork people were named leaders in social enterprise for their strong growth, high standards of social impact reporting and solid business arrangements at this year's RBS SE 100 awards.
The best and the brightest UK social enterprises were out last night to celebrate the winners of the UK social enterprise awards, in an event hosted by comedian Sue Perkins.
Pioneers Post reporter Isabelle de Grave went to the 'pigs and rockets' pitching session to hear who would convince the judges to give them £50k in social investment.
A leading international fund manager is joining forces with one of the UK’s best known social enterprises to launch the first fund of its kind to bring social investment to mainstream UK investors.
The 2013 National Business Awards social innovation winners chosen by a judging panel including Pioneers Post's Matt Black, were announced last night at the gala dinner and awards ceremony hosted by Sky’s Dermot Murnaghan.
Pioneers Post hears from St Giles Trust, Social Finance's expert data-crunchers and ex-offenders to find out why the Peterborough prison social impact bond pilot it working.
