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We are the national body for social enterprise – business with a social or environmental mission.
Click here to read the findings of the Social Investment Commission an independent group set up by Lord Victor Adebowale CBE to investigate the current state of the social investment market and how the market could better enable the growth of social enterprises.
Find social enterprises you can buy from using our Buy Social Directory and have a look at our members map to find a social enterprise near you.
No Going Back – The State of Social Enterprise Survey 2021 is the latest state of the sector report written by Social Enterprise UK and supported by Barclays. It shows that in spite of the challenges of the pandemic, social enterprises are delivering economically, environmentally and socially
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Athena Education Support is a social enterprise born out of the need to make children’s lives better, especially those struggling in school and with mental health issues. Find out more about their transformative work in this Social Enterprise Story. Read more
Find out how Inside Job Productions is supporting young people struggling with mental health issues through work in film production and the social enterprise's ground-breaking work in prisons. Read more
Ama Afrifa-Tchie, Head of People, Wellbeing and Equity at Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England on why being an anti-racist social enterprise is better for mental health and how we can begin to address the mental health inequalities which disproportionately affect People of Colour and Black colleagues in the workplace. Read more
Leading businesses and social enterprises have announced a new programme of work to accelerate and expand the consideration of social value in public and private sector procurement. This programme has been announced on the 10th Anniversary of the passage of the Social Value Act, a world-leading law which requires public bodies to consider social and environmental impact when making procurement decisions.Read more
Our response to the APPG for Social Enterprises inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on the social enterprise sector and the Government's response.Read more
Our response to the Levelling Up White Paper published on 2 February 2022. We argue that reform should not stop at the Council Room but needs to go through the Boardroom as well.Read more