Celia Hodson honoured with OBE for services to promoting period dignity
Celia Hodson, the visionary founder of Hey Girls CIC and the PickupMyPeriod App, has been awarded an Order of the British Empire
Find out about Diverse Voices’ work tackling violence against women and girls
Diverse Voices are tackling violence against women and girls across London with support from The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and The Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund (ESDF) We’re thrilled to be launching our creative arts-based learning programmes, that inspire young people to make healthy choices whilst educating them around harmful sexual behaviour (HSB), healthy relationships, consent … Continued
New research investigates socio-economic diversity in social investment
Our new report uses elite education as a proxy to investigate aspects of diversity not yet well analysed in the social investment sector: socio-economic inclusion
Evenbreak – transforming employment for disabled people
Evenbreak is a social enterprise set up to close the disability employment gap, giving disabled people access to the same opportunities in the workplace as others.
Hey Girls partnering with Glastonbury and WaterAid
Our social enterprise member Hey Girls is partnering with WaterAid and Glastonbury Festival to raise awareness of period dignity at this year’s event. The collaboration will see free Hey Girls period products being made available at ‘period-proud stations’ around Worthy Farm, as well as educating festival-goers about ending period poverty. WaterAid will also provide new … Continued
New research highlights impact of economic shocks and property prices on social enterprises
Based on a quarterly survey of our members, the latest Insight Paper on our Social Enterprise Knowledge Centre gives us a snapshot of sector conditions and expectations. This new research focused on social enterprises’ ability to increase turnover and generate profit during ongoing economic turmoil but also explored property status, trading with local government and … Continued
Learning disability social enterprise Nickel Support crowned Britain’s best ‘Heart of Gold’ small business at The Small Awards
Nickel Support, a Community Interest Company from Sutton, which works with adults with learning disabilities and/or autism, was celebrated as best ‘Heart of Gold’ business at this year’s Small Awards
Glasshouse social enterprise recreates prison garden at Chelsea Flower Show
A social enterprise that offers second chances to women prisoners is exhibiting a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.