We’ve all heard of Comic Relief , the major UK charity fighting for a world free from poverty. Through a busy calendar of events, Comic Relief has been fundraising to support organisations around the world since the 1980s. Interestingly, in recent years, Comic Relief has formed a social investment...

From curtain makers to music producers, there’s an exciting range of individuals and organisations using creative & innovative solutions to drive social change across the UK. No doubt this is a sector continuing to grow.

What makes a social investor different? To start, social investors want to make investments that have both a social and financial return. In fact, many of the organisations making social investments are social businesses themselves.

HQ Recording provides a relaxed professional studio located in the heart of Leicester. This video features an interview with their award-winning founder, Yasin El Ashrafi, and one of the young people he manages. HQ Familia is the recording label that was originally set-up as an outlet for the...

The 2019 State of Social Enterprise report written by Social Enterprise UK, and supported by Santander. Go here to download.

A few months ago, some 300 social entrepreneurs and social investors got together and started humming. Weird? Possibly. But here’s how it all began…