Social Enterprise

Starting your own social enterprise at 17 may have its challenges, but Malawi-born Ellen Chilemba says careful listening and involving the community can yield positive results

From power tools to kitchenware, Londoners can now hire from a new ‘borrowing shop’ instead of buying

Editor of EcoHustler magazine, Matt Mellen, reflects on the lessons learned for local action at the recent CEAL-Festival – a Europe-wide celebration of social enterprise

How a group of women affected by domestic violence and displaced by Colombia's conflict united to build their own city

Social enterprises – organisations that use business means to provide social and environmental benefit – are set to receive a boost from the corporate world

Unseen Tours offer alternative walks led by homeless guides. Naomi Tolley joins a tour of Camden with a twist

Social enterprise Supply Shack is re-distributing profits to good causes and helping others do the same

Cooking smoke kills hundreds of people a day, but one company has come up with a clever alternative – and a finance model to fund it – to help Bhutanese families cook up a better future

A new social enterprise bakery in east London is revitalising both the local area and the employment prospects of many young people

Non-profit organisation InsightSTEM provides a host of explorative learning techniques to help people become more comfortable with science, technology, engineering and mathematics – and not a [...]

Social enterprise Year Here encourages promising graduates into the social sector to apply themselves to the most pressing social issues of the day

A morning cup of coffee can make or break some people’s day, but for those involved in We Walk the Line, it can make the difference to their whole lives

Shift Design aims to make positive changes to people’s behaviour through meaningful action and social enterprise. One project, Box Chicken, aims to revolutionise the way young people in London [...]

Social enterprise Petit Miracles offers a new lease of life to furniture, and to the long-term unemployed people responsible for renovating it

Lacklustre and uninspiring educational facilities in Africa are being given a jump-start to improve literacy and support the change-makers of tomorrow

Five innovative programmes are aiming to diffuse the “ticking time bomb” of Africa’s youth employment crisis

A new female-only taxi company in India is helping women stay safe while providing valuable employment and training opportunities

Greta Rossi, co-founder and chief empathy officer of Akasha Innovation, examines a richer, more sustainable alternative to the traditional three Ps

In-built obsolescence may seem a forgivable quirk of the modern technology many of us love, but it has a force of its own, placing us on a wheel of consumer slavery. But there is another way, [...]

The Hub Youth Academy will help young people establish careers in socially-minded businesses by providing them with training, mentoring and access to a network of leading social entrepreneurs [...]