UK social enterprise leaders have been holding their breath for a week since the post of civil society minister was vacated on September 17. Baroness Barran, who had held the post since July 2019, announced last Friday evening that she was being transferred to a post at the Department of Education during the UK government […]

This prize will reward the startup that best embodies the “double bottom line” model that combines profits and public good. YourDost AND Tech Founded in: 2014 Founders: Richa Singh and Puneet Manuja Situated at: Bangalore Key investors: Elevation Capital, Phanindra Sama (redBus), Paula Mariwala (Seedfund) What he does: YourDost is a digital platform for promoting […]

Phalguni Joshi was embarrassed that the only livelihood of the Nilagiri tribal community, Odisha, was to work in the quarries, which proved detrimental to their health and well-being. To create another source of income, she began to train tribal women in bamboo weaving. Phalguni initially faced resistance from the community to learn the craft and […]

The Scottish government has now released the new government program, the series of political commitments for the coming year. There are a lot of things in there that will be of interest to social entrepreneurs. A fairer and greener Scotland was negotiated between the Scottish government and the Scottish Green Party, as part of a […]

WASTESAVERS is asking for public support as they try to win the National Lottery Project of the Year award. The social enterprise led a digital poverty alleviation project that beat more than 1,500 other projects competing for the award. They have reached the stage of public voting and will compete with 17 other finalists. Voting […]

Africa Skills Hub, in partnership with Norsaac Ghana, Social Enterprise Ghana and Northern Development Authority, organized the Social Enterprise Forum to discuss an action plan for the catalysis of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem of the northern region of Ghana. Speakers also discussed and shared their knowledge and expertise on approaches to tackle the theme with […]

Africa Skills Hub, in partnership with Norsaac Ghana, Social Enterprise Ghana and Northern Development Authority, organized the Social Enterprise Forum on the theme “Unlocking the Wealth Creation Potential for Women through Social Entrepreneurship”. The event held at the Mariam Hotel in Tamale on August 31, 2021 brought together key stakeholders who came together to discuss […]

The HBS Summer Fellowship program allows students to apply their training in the classroom while exploring career opportunities in roles or regions where pay is typically lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we connect with some of our 59 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, who work around the world to develop skills and knowledge […]

Founder and Managing Director Ian Gray: “SP&C was created to tackle the abuses plaguing the printing and photocopying industries and to support SMEs that do not have access to proper financing. “ Social Print and Copy (SP&C) received £ 100,000 from Social Investment Scotland (SIS) and over £ 50,000 from the Scottish Government’s Adapt and […]

A luxury mattress maker, which is one of Scotland’s oldest social enterprises, has recruited an oil and gas industry veteran to be its new chief executive. Glencraft, which provides opportunities for blind, partially blind and disabled people, has announced that Donald MacKay will succeed Graham McWilliam as head of the Aberdeen-based charity. Mr. MacKay joins […]