Make An Impact Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Kath Austin is the founder of BeeBee Wraps, creator of reusable natural food wraps made from organic cotton and beeswax. Plastic-free and compostable, BeeBee Wraps are now stocked in hundreds of stores and sell in their thousands online. Kath started making BeeBee Wraps herself when she wanted to find alternatives to single-use plastics including cling-film. Friends wanted to use...

Send us Fan Mail Julie Haywood is director of community investment for WHG, a "profit for purpose" housing association in Walsall. Her role is focused on people: happier people have better lives, she says. In this episode Julie describes WHG's investment into communities and how it creates opportunities for people. Housing associations are anchor organisations, says Julie, and altho...

Send us Fan Mail Playphysio has a big, hairy and audacious goal: to reduce the cost of care by £20m per year for children with cystic fybrosis. In this episode of the Make An Impact podcast, Will explains how Playphysio is using technology to make a real impact on the lives and health of children with cystic fybrosis as well as making huge savings for the NHS. Playphysio develops software and elec...

Send us Fan Mail Jean Jarvis MBE is the managing director of Fuse Enterprise CIC, part of Wrekin Housing Group, a £70m-turnover organisation using its spending power to buy social, embedding social value into every decision, and using champions to spread the social enterprise message. Fuse has a cleaning, grounds maintenance and environmental services division which has grown from 1 to 13 staff, a...

Send us Fan Mail Beth Pilgrim is CEO and the co-founder of Supply Change, a platform connecting social enterprises with public sector organisations to help them drive impact in their local communities. In this episode, she describes how Supply Change is opening up public sector procurement to help more social enterprises win tenders and secure contracts. We cover: Beth's background and how sh...