As a UK general election looms, the country’s social investment wholesaler points to massive potential savings for the public purse by backing impact investment as a solution to homelessness.
Rebecca White, founder of Your Own Place CIC, tells Tim West that she started the award-winning social enterprise after seeing that “something crucial was missing for people who didn’t have many of the advantages” that others had.
It has survived the 2008 financial crisis and Covid-19 – but, for events industry trailblazer Connection Crew, “the social enterprise narrative” isn’t always helpful, says director Charlie Dorman, even if impact is embedded in the business model.
Second part of government pilot aims to provide 215 homes via social investor Resonance fund and aims to catalyse further investment as social housing becomes increasingly attractive for investors.
INTERVIEW: How can impact investors give a meaningful role to people with lived experience in their decision-making? In the UK, the Venture Studio from Crisis is doing just that. We talk to CEO Matt Downie.
In this new podcast, Tim West sits down with the best and brightest of social enterprise, impact investing and mission-driven business for a series of candid conversations – expect to be surprised. First up: coffee entrepreneur Cemal Ezel.
"Screw this, I'm going to Armenia." Architect-turned-social entrepreneur Alice Moxley shares the pivotal moments in her career: from a stint in a carpet factory in the southern Caucasus, to the conversations that sparked a new venture.
Leading UK social enterprise buys 28-year-old coffee bar chain, taking on 370 staff, as part of pandemic-assisted acquisition strategy to create more social businesses.
