London Early Years Foundation awarded King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, recognising its groundbreaking approach to Early Years Education and Care through the lens of social enterprise and sustainability. LEYF is one of only 197 organisations nationally to be recognised with the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise. Announced on Tuesday 6th … Continued

GLL Pools to host over 1000 fundraising challenges during Swimathon 2025 

68 GLL pools taking part from Cornwall to Cumbria, Belfast to Basingstoke. Youngest challenger is just 8 years old The UK’s foremost leisure charitable social enterprise GLL will host 1054 fundraising challenges in 68 of its managed pools for Swimathon 2025. The world’s biggest fundraising swim happening over the weekend of 28-30 March sees fundraisers’ proceeds … Continued

Social Enterprise UK’s response to the Spring Statement

The Chancellor is in an almost impossible position, faced with high government debt, low growth, unprecedented pressures on public services at home, and conflict and trade wars abroad. In response, Rachel Reeves’s spring statement announced cuts to the welfare budget, increases in defence, and reductions to overseas aid. For many, this will all feel pretty … Continued

The Butterfly Project – Spectrum

How do you encourage some of the most traumatised and disempowered people in the country to access healthcare? The Butterfly Project shows the way

Why cross-party MPs are working together for a better kind of business 

Social enterprises present a great opportunity to improve life in the UK. Now a group of MPs will collaborate to help realise their potential. Patrick Hurley, MP for Southport, explains why he wanted to chair the group.  In my constituency of Southport and the wider area there are many social enterprises, cooperatives and community businesses … Continued

GLL to operate Westminster Boating Base from 1 March 2025

The UK’s largest charitable social enterprise leisure provider, GLL, will add Westminster Boating Base to its ever-growing list of water facilities when it takes on its management and operations on behalf of the Westminster Boating Base charity from 1 March 2025, following an agreement struck with the charity’s trustees.   GLL operates facilities under its ‘Better’ … Continued