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May 15, 2017
The Common Market is a nonprofit regional food distributor with a mission to connect communities with good food from sustainable family farms. They strive to improve food security, farm viability, and community and ecological health. Currently...
February 13, 2017
Women Pitch Ideas and Receive Mentorship from Investors at CIRCLE’s Women Start Ups Hub at #Momentum17. CIRCLE Pakistan supported #Momentum17, Pakistan’s leading start up conference and exhibition space, by curating...
January 11, 2016
Frederick Hutson, Co-Founder of Pigeonly; Britnie Turner, Founder and CEO of Aerial Development Group; and April De Simone, Co-Founder of Designing the WE, sit side by side—unlikely people to be...
September 8, 2015
British mumpreneur tackling the UK’s illiteracy one letter at a time. In the UK one child in three is leaving primary school unable to read or write well enough, according...
October 21, 2014
Innovations in Mental Health and Development BasicNeeds is an international development organisation that was founded in 2000 by Chris Underhill after an initial encounter with tortured and caged mentally ill...
July 30, 2014
Commission on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation We would like to update you about our ongoing work in Pakistan and highlight areas you may wish to be involved. Following the successful...
June 24, 2014
MEASURING NATIONAL PROGRESS The release of the 2014 Social Progress Index (SPI) at the Skoll World Forum in April attracted significant media attention around the world. The SPI measures the...
June 20, 2014
The social enterprise is an up and coming phenomenon around the world. Businesses with a primary aim to better the world are claiming a distinct place amongst commercial enterprises, charities...
June 16, 2014
Kenguru: electric-car startup to revolutionize mobility for wheelchair users Stacy Zoern isn't reinventing the wheel--not yet, anyway. But her electric-car startup Kenguru promises to revolutionize mobility for millions of wheelchair...
June 9, 2014
Policy Makers, Community Enterprise Challenge Winners, Academics and Journalists from Indonesia Under the Skills for Social Entrepreneurs (SfSE) programme the British Council Indonesia invited a rich mix of Indonesian policy...