“Forget you’re a social enterprise!”
Social Enterprise of the Year award winners Change Please tell us how they’ve achieved growth and impact during nearly eleven years in business.
The ‘impact economy’ has a politics. Here’s how we make it work for everyone.
By Peter Holbrook – Group Chief Executive, Social Enterprise UK New Philanthropy Capital’s Impact UK report has sparked an important national conversation. Its headline figure – £428bn of gross value added, roughly 15% of GDP -gives the impact economy the visibility and scale that policymakers and markets understand. This is valuable work that should be … Continued
Exceptional Individuals: from lived experience to national impact in neurodivergent employment
Exceptional Individuals is a social enterprise supporting neurodivergent people, including those with ADHD, autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia, into and within work. The organisation was founded 10 years ago by Matt Boyd, drawing on his own lived experience of unemployment and navigating work as a neurodivergent person. What began with the simple aim of supporting just … Continued
Public backs use of Beam’s AI tool in social care
With growing scrutiny of AI in public services, social enterprise Beam has partnered with Nesta to gather public feedback on how its AI tool, Magic Notes, is being used in social care. Launched in 2023, Magic Notes uses AI to transcribe and summarise meeting notes for social workers and other frontline professionals. It was initially … Continued
ChangeKitchen CIC CEO named as one of 2026’s leading UK female founders
Dr Birgit Kehrer, founder of award-winning ChangeKitchen CIC based in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, has been recognised as one of the UK’s 100 most inspiring female entrepreneurs. Birgit, who founded her business in 2010, will be featured alongside leading female founders from across the country as part of Small Business Britain’s f:Entrepreneur #IAlso100 campaign, which celebrates … Continued
NEMI Teas launches TRAMPOLINE Teas — the everyday tea that gives every brew a lift.
Profits reinvested into refugee training and employment through Changing Journeys programme. Award-winning social enterprise NEMI Teas has unveiled TRAMPOLINE Teas, a new range of Fairtrade and Rainforest-Alliance certified blends created for schools, offices, hotels and caterers who want quality, value and social impact — all in the same cup. Designed for high-volume foodservice, TRAMPOLINE Teas … Continued
The winners of the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025
The winners of the UK Social Enterprise Awards were announced at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s Southbank on 26 November. The evening saw the venue transformed into a Festival of Hope celebrating the makers, the community builders, the job creators, the radicals, and the dreamers who make up the social enterprise movement. Across 15 categories the … Continued
GLL celebrates Social Enterprise Day with launch of new business support programme
On Thursday 20 November leading social enterprise business GLL hosted an event in Woolwich, South East London to celebrate Social Enterprise Day 2025. Entitled ‘How to Start and Grow a Resilient Business’ a highlight of the day was an expert panel discussion, with panellists drawn from the Social Enterprise sector including: Peter Bundey, GLL CEO, … Continued