Good Leaders Podcast: Could every unwanted laptop, pillow or sofa spark something bigger? A Good Thing’s co-founder Cathy Benwell tells Tim West how her circular economy social business turns would-be waste into social impact.
The Dream Big South Yorkshire Fund unites social finance, local government and one of the world's leading children's charities. We speak to Key Fund and Save the Children to explore their ambitions for this pioneeering pilot.
EXPERT INSIGHT: Ghana’s first pension-backed, blended finance fund of funds is proof of concept that domestic savings, not foreign aid, could become the biggest source of finance for African SMEs.
University graduate Solène Declas ditched business school to found Aibo, a platform that tackles loneliness by pairing young adults with elderly people looking for companionship. She shares the joys and challenges she faces as a young social entrepreneur.
Ready to network, learn and get inspired? Don't book your diary without the Pioneers Post roundup of impact economy events coming soon – for social entrepreneurs, impact investors and all those working within the global impact economy.
The tools and insight you need to do good business, better. Get expert advice, practical insight and frontline examples on key business management topics from our network of social business practitioners and advisors.
The Tech For Good Challenge is a new way for your social business or charity to gain funding to take you to the next level. Your venture needs to be in its early-phase development and be using digital technology to help solve social issues for or with young people.
New legislation says they must procure for social value – but local authorities are not getting back the financial rewards of the social value they create.
Reading the Budget document may be a sobering experience but it's a glass half full rather than half empty for social enterprise. Professor Simon Denny offers his analysis.
Paul Henry and Chris Hardy explain how Social Investment Finance Intermediaries are bridging the gap between social ventures and investors to ensure social investment gets through to the right ventures.
The social venture sector competes on the basis that it delivers a social value and great business. Now that corporates are looking closely at social value due to the Social Value Act, Simon Denny advises social ventures to hold onto their clothes!
When times are hard and money short, many social entrepreneurs are too busy ‘fire-fighting’ to pay much attention to attempting to measure their social impact in any objective manner. Fred Seddon calls for a redoubling of efforts around measurement.
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