She hates small talk and has a taste for bold decisions: Ashoka’s Europe leader Marie Ringler talks about her journey from politician to social innovator, why the feeling of powerlessness is the biggest poison in the world, and more.
Cambridge Social Innovation Prizewinners Camilla Rigby and Rachel Mostyn, founders of Women’s Work Lab, say they want to build a team of women they’ve supported into work so strong they can hand the organisation over to its community.
Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons at Kendal Mountain Festival, where some outdoor wear brands, including Patagonia, are pushing forward circular economy solutions to halt the industry’s damaging effects on the environment.
Nominations for this year's NatWest SE100 Social Business Club awards have just opened. What better reason do we need to present our film of last year's storyteller award winner, the House of St Barnabas?
From Seoul to Singapore and Delhi to Dhaka, governments across Asia are waking up to the role that social enterprise can play in delivering more sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Jonathan Wong, Alex Hannant and Tristan Ace discuss.
It was the first time we'd got out of London (to Glasgow) and the first time a CEO had sung to us about jam sandwiches. We also got an insight into deprivation and regeneration from the boss of Social Enterprise Scotland.
Measuring social impact can be tricky, but there are ways to make it easier and more effective. Watch our film to hear our team of experts tell you how.
"We have solutions to some of the big questions in society: unemployment, bad health, environment, loneliness. They can all be tackled by social enterprises based in the community," says Simon Donovan, CEO of MHDT.
Coffee is fuelling more than just the working lives of Londoners; it's taking people out of homelessness and giving them a future too. Change Please is the Big Issue of coffee.
As we ease ourselves into a new year, we'd like to share a film with you that provides a snapshot of one of the most significant events in the social enterprise calendar – the Social Enterprise World Forum.
What is Pioneers Post doing putting a restaurateur in this slot, you may well ask? Well, there's the little matter of a book he wrote called Charity Sucks for one thing. And then there are his 'social meddling tendencies'...
