Four traps social investment firms are falling into when it comes to diversity – and a few ways to avoid them, from the co-chair of the Diversity Forum.
Social investment firms report just a small improvement in gender diversity among decision-makers – but the typical board director is still male, white and privately-educated.
This International Women’s Day, learn about a project inspiring a new generation of social leaders – people who have actually experienced the problems that they aim to solve.
UK social enterprises are outperforming mainstream businesses on job creation, start-up rates and in promoting diversity, but key challenges around access to finance and public sector contracts remain barriers to the continued growth of the sector.
Initial findings from Social Enterprise UK’s state of the sector report show that just over half of UK social enterprises have increased their turnover in the past 12 months.
