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Bees and Refugees aims to provide workshops for local refugees in Beekeeping and hive making. Moreover, it aims to provide technical and logistical support for interested refugees by supplying them with a starter beekeeping kit including a hive, as well as a space for their hives. Hear from Ali Alzein, Founder of Bees and Refugees, and his mentor, Amir Rizwan as they discuss his experiences as a C...

Outside the Box Café is an inclusive community café based in Ilkley, Bradford. Their mission is to enable young people and adults who have learning disabilities to have more fulfilled, independent and healthier lives.  Hear from CEO, Louise Hale, on her experiences of taking on social investment on behalf of Ilkley Community Enterprise.  

Our Digital Marketing Officer Festus spoke with the creative Faith Johnson who founded Caramel Rock. In this podcast we talk about her social enterprise supporting young and vulnerable people in London through fashion and employability. We look into the importance of lived experience but also how Faith valued inexperience when it came to turning her idea.. into a reality

Tara Cranswick, Founder at V22 joined us for our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Arts, Culture and Heritage event as part of our 'Hear From a Peer' panel. Listen to her experiences of social investment...

Annoushka Deighton and Simon Borkin at Friends of Stretford Public Hall joined us for our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Arts, Culture and Heritage event as part of our 'Hear From a Peer' panel. Listen to their experience with social investment...

Paul Burns, CEO at Tees Music Alliance joined us for our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Arts, Culture and Heritage event as part of our 'Hear From a Peer' panel. Listen to his experiences of social investment.

On this episode of our latest podcast series, we explore social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, you can hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hope and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role. In this episode, Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Chief Officer at the Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) spea...

Think2Speak is an organisation who works to empower LGBTQ children, young people and their families - amplifying their voices, providing support and offering hope. In this podcast, we hear from Chief Executive and Founder Lizzie Jordan who shares more about the work of her organisation.

Our Digital Marketing Officer Festus spoke with social entrepreneur and founder of Nemi Teas, Pranav Chopra. In this podcast we discuss a range of things from tea blends to blended capital, his relationship with social investors UnLtd, as well as the positives drawn from office and working closures amidst the lockdown. Tune in to discover the 'hole in the wall'.

On this episode of our latest podcast series, we explore social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, you can hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hope and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role. In this episode, hear from Craig Thomas of Steam Hubs and Pubs CIC - a live music community pub that brave...

In this episode of our latest podcast series, we explore social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, you can hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hope and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role. On this episode, hear from Jon Eno, Founder and CEO of Hot Music House, an inspirational musical leader. H...

The third podcast in our latest series explores social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hopes and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role. In this episode, Sue Wynne, CEO of Rotherham RIse speaks to Good Finance about the fantastic work of her charity that prov...

The second podcast in our latest series explores social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hopes and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role. In this episode, Davie Parks, Managing Director, speaks to Good Finance about The Skill Mill, a not-for-profit social ent...

In this series we hear from brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hopes and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role. In this episode, John French, Chief Operating Officer, speaks to Good Finance about Fuse Events, a social enterprise events business that delivers socially responsible, world-changing events. But what happens to your bu...

In this episode of  #AChangingWorld , I chat with Suzie who founded The Good Loaf – a social enterprise based in a town close to my heart in Northampton. The town is nationally known for it shoes but Suzie talks to us about how her Artisan bakeries supports vulnerable women through employment opportunities to help break the cycle in poverty, offending and unemployment. Listen now to find out more.

Our first Let’s Talk Good Finance virtual event hosted in partnership with Community Action Suffolk and Voluntary Norfolk. Rebecca White, CEO of Your Own Place CIC talking about her organisations’ experience of taking on social investment from Sumerian Partners, just before the covid-19 hit. Listen to hear more about her patient equity investment deal that has allowed Your Own Place to scale up ac...

Our Project Manager Ishita Ranjan spoke with Mark Newcombe, a founding member of The Craufurd Arms. The Craufurd Arms is a pint-sized community owned pub in Maidenhead that is tackling social isolation and a hub for creating long-lasting relationships. The pub is well known for bringing people together, and has received funding via grants and various types of social investment and crowdfunding, bu...

Our Senior Director Melanie Mills hosted a chat with Geetha Rabindrakumar, the Director of Social Change at homelessness charity Carboard Citizens. Geetha previously worked as the Head of Engagement at Big Society Capital. Cardboard citizens has been making life-changing theatre with and for homeless people for more than 25 years, now they've been pushed to find ways to adjust to a more digital de...

ToolShed work with young people (15 to 19) who have had a difficult time at school and lost their confidence. They strengthen this confidence so they leave ready and focused on earning their own living. We enable the young people to achieve a level 1 qualification in construction crafts and obtain their CSCS Card. They are then ready to leave us confident they have the relevant skills and experien...

Gloucester-based sports company SoFab specifically works with young adults with learning difficulties. They received social investment from two sources, which they used to open new shops to help young adults with physical and learning disabilities into work. It's also helped them to become more sustainable.   They received social investment from UnLtd in the form of blended finance (part grant and...

If you’re new to the world of social investment, or you just want to hear more about individual experiences, we're sure you'll find this podcast helpful.   Ray Hughes, Wellington Orbit, took on SITR and community shares to transform an HSBC building in Wellington. From a bank to a new arthouse, cinema and café bar. In this podcast Ray shares how they made the vision a reality.   Ray's story is uni...

The world of social investment can be pretty hard to get your head around, so we're delighted to share this podcast with you to help you understand a real experience of the process. Spitfire provides free, confidential and impartial advice for people in Birmingham. To date, they've rescheduled more than £2million worth of debt. In 2018 alone 130 people accessed their employment service.  

Tracee McAtear is a Pastor for Connect Church UK. A vibrant city centre church based in Birmingham.   We don't often hear about funding challenges for faith-based organisations in the social sector, so we're sure you'll find this podcast really interesting. After all, funding a church must have different rules and regulations to a regular social enterprise? Or does it... The reality of course is t...

We all know the arrival of people fleeing their homes to move to the UK is an ongoing global crisis. A crisis which the UK isn't fully resourced to support. But what is less discussed is the role social investment play in this. Richard Thickpenny shares insights into the development of 'Yield Sharing Finance'. Richard works for social enterprise Ashley Community Housing (ACH). Together with Resona...

Stacey-Jade Mason formed Creative Optimistic Visions inspired by her own life experiences.   They took on investment for the purpose of securing a salary for two full-time members of staff and approximately 5 volunteers, in turn increasing service delivery and social impact, generating sustainable revenue from sales of services rather than reliant on grant funding. The investment supported securin...