Anna Devitt and Pritam Josephs from the EY Foundation joined us to tell us more about Accelerate – a programme that supports young social entrepreneurs and social enterprises with a focus on supporting young people into employment, education, or enterprise. It provides 1:1 business coaching, tailored workshops & webinars, networking events and project support resources from EY.
14 September 2022 This webinar hosted by Alison Smith, CEO of social enterprise Roots HR looked at ways of how organisations can ensure their recruitment practices are fair and how they can limit unconscious bias from influencing decision-making. It also looked at what you can do to make the recruitment and selection process itself more inclusive … Continued
After weeks of waiting, we now know what the new Government is going to do to help social enterprises, and other businesses, through the winter and the current energy crisis. Here is a quick analysis of what all the announcements mean for our sector.
A group of 30 large companies have spent over £250 million with social enterprises by bringing them into their supply chains through Social Enterprise UK’s Buy Social Corporate Challenge.
Social Enterprise UK responds to the Labour Party’s new National Procurement Plan which would mandate the use of social value in all national government contracts
Our response to the mini-Budget
22 September 2022 Yesterday’s Energy Bill Relief Scheme is a vital intervention which will give our members some of the help they need over the winter months. The UK Government have published guidance on their website going into more detail about how the scheme works, information on how bills will be reduced and examples of … Continued
Our response on what the energy bill relief scheme will mean for social enterprises.