Exceptional times call for exceptional leadership. The women on this year’s WISE Inspiration List show how it’s done when it comes to providing vital care in a crisis.
Exceptional times call for exceptional leadership: meet our Women of Inspiration, 100 women in UK social enterprise and impact investing, nominated by you for recognition in this year's WISE 2020, in partnership with NatWest.
It’s been a year of huge unpredictability – but social entrepreneurs have shown time and again that they can turn crisis into opportunity. Next week’s Ashoka gathering will draw on their experience.
Thomas Waring of Macc and 'rabble rouser' Amardeep Dhillon join for a politically charged look at the recent Kruger report: “It’s basically saying we’re going to accept mutual aid as long as it’s not challenging the normal order of things.”
Social enterprises may be missing a trick if they’re not engaging local individuals as micro-investors – and their own staff and volunteers could lead the way, says the director of Scottish Communities Finance.
US-based Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation chiefs say Brexit was a key factor in deciding on their first Europe base – as it prepares to ‘double down’ on its international portfolio.
SOCAP Virtual: To make real progress on today's meatiest problems, impact investors themselves may need to make uncomfortable changes. Some insiders, at least, are not convinced they’re willing to do so.
Bringing more capital to impact is crucial now, and there are four steps the impact investing community can take to make it happen, says the founder and president of Spain's Social Nest Foundation.
The Big Exchange, co-founded by The Big Issue and a coalition of industry partners, allows UK residents to become impact investors with £25 a month – and has plans to reduce that minimum investment to just £3.
