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This week saw the Social Enterprise World Forum take the virtual mainstage, bringing together social enterprises from across the world for a jam packed programme of workshops, panels and networking.
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Over the last few months we have seen the effects of COVID-19 and its lockdown measures have a huge impact on how social enterprises and charities navigate using social investment. In this blog post we round up lessons from our #AChangingWorld podcast.
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The UK’s 100,000 social enterprises work close to their communities and employ two million people, often supporting minoritised and marginalised groups. But the COVID-19 crisis has had a huge impact on them. At the School for Social Entrepreneurs, we ran a survey with our programme participants to...
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The Craufurd Arms is a pint-sized community owned pub in Maidenhead that is tackling social isolation and becoming a hub for creating long-lasting relationships. Like many other pubs, they’ve been hugely impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
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As the COVID-19 crisis evolves, so do social impact organisations. Some have ceased trading. Others have tailored their offering to support people through new products or moving activities online. Some are using this enforced ‘downtime’ to inwardly reflect and develop strategies. Whatever your...
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In this section, we explore existing policy and research projects currently ongoing in relation to energy resilience.
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Earlier this year, Access was granted £12m from Dormant Assets (alongside £8m for Big Society Capital) to bolster the energy resilience of charities and social enterprises. This page explores what that means in practice for Social Enterprises, Charities and Community Organisations and how they might...