From using impact measurement to avoid mission drift to the importance of investing in external support – a new report from Nesta reveals lessons learnt two years into its impact investment journey.
Following the news that Nick O'Donohoe is to step down as CEO of Big Society Capital, James Perry looks at at the legacy left by the former 'City slicker' who dared to venture into the Wild West of social investment.
From the swimming pool to the social investment board table, former Olympic swimmer turned social entrepreneur Sharron Davies has been named one of UnLtd’s 2015 Big Venture Challenge winners.
Social enterprises and trade unions should work "much more closely" together and find common ground, said CEO of Social Enterprise UK Peter Holbrook CBE at the Greenwich University Social Enterprise Festival this week.
Those that argue there are too many venture capitalists entering the impact investment space and in turn undermining it are harming the growth of the sector writes CEO of ClearlySo Rodney Schwartz.
Social impact is about more than numbers and words on a page – it’s about asking big questions and finding answers, writes Dave Masom in his exploration of social impact measurement.
Calling all social entrepreneur VIPs – Liam Black has a reality check for you. In an extract from The Social Entrepreneur's A to Z, he questions the glitz and glamour of the social enterprise award calendar and says you must keep your feet on the ground.
"Few organisations are geared up to know if they are creating as much social value as they can with the resources they have" – Jeremy Nicholls argues that better is not good enough, it's time to start optimising social value creation.
