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    Ambassadors Offer Advice for Aspiring and New Social Entrepreneurs
    • Jun 20, 2019

    Ambassadors Offer Advice for Aspiring and New Social Entrepreneurs

    A veritable feast of inspiring soundbites, we bring together advice from the UK Social Entrepreneur Index’s eight ambassadors for those...
    Every day’s a school day
    • Mar 20, 2019

    Every day’s a school day

    Hindsight can be such a wonderful teacher. When an epidemic of Ebola prevented Paul Skidmore from opening his first Rising Academies...
    A leading light for sustainability in fashion
    • Mar 12, 2019

    A leading light for sustainability in fashion

    With a passion for protecting people and planet, Cameron Saul believes that fashion can become a driver of positive change for the...
    Rachel Wang of Chocolate Films talks to us about social enterprise, her business and her inspiration
    • Mar 7, 2019

    Rachel Wang of Chocolate Films talks to us about social enterprise, her business and her inspiration

    Chocolate Films is a successful business and this enables it to empower thousands of people every year, as we discover, talking to Rachel...
    “We’re shifting things, we’re making progress.’’ - Kate Welch, CEO of Acumen CIC
    • Mar 7, 2019

    “We’re shifting things, we’re making progress.’’ - Kate Welch, CEO of Acumen CIC

    Kate Welch has long been an important advocate and driver of the social enterprise movement. She tells us what drives her and talks about...
    Transforming the Vision of a Population
    • Mar 5, 2019

    Transforming the Vision of a Population

    At the tender age of 12, Dr Andrew Bastawrous perceived the injustice of a world where millions of people suffer preventable vision loss...
    Pioneering a Child Protection System in Uganda
    • Feb 12, 2019

    Pioneering a Child Protection System in Uganda

    Lucy Buck founded Child’s i Foundation in 2008 after volunteering in a baby orphanage left her heartbroken, seeing some children not...
    Helping jobless young people one macaroon at a time
    • Dec 4, 2018

    Helping jobless young people one macaroon at a time

    A firm believer in having her cake and eating it, Rosie Ginday (ambassador of the Social Entrepreneur Index) talks to us about why she...
    Brewgooder's quest to provide clean water for a million people
    • Nov 28, 2018

    Brewgooder's quest to provide clean water for a million people

    Can a business be both financially successful and do social good? We spoke to Alan Mahon, founder of Brewgooder and Social Entrepreneur...
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