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Today we are joined by Louis Speight who is a European record-breaking Paralympian wheelchair racer from Doncaster and has been names one of the most exceptional young entrepreneurs in the UK.
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2-3 Degrees is an award-winning social enterprise that inspires and equips young people with the personal development skills they need to become the best versions of themselves. Since 2016, 2-3 Degrees has worked with over 6,000 young people across the UK in education, community and sport.
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Smile Together is an employee-owned dental social enterprise working across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly which is dedicated to tackling oral health inequality. In 2018 they received social investment from Big Issue Invest to help open a new purpose designed, accessible dental centre.
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In the fifth of our Celebrating Changemakers podcast series, we hear from Debbie Dixon, Project Manager at Poole Communities Trust.
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Our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Yorkshire and Humber event was designed for those exploring social investment opportunities for the first time or anyone interested in finding out how social enterprises have taken on small amounts of repayable finance to make transformational change.
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Bees & Refugees was founded in 2020 by Ali Alzein, to support newly settled refugees in London.
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Caramel Rock is a fashion and creative arts education charity based in Newham, London, providing training and opportunities.
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Nemi Teas are a specialist London-based tea company that offers a variety of tea blends both as loose-tea and teabags and a Chai Syrup. They provide employment to refugees to give them local work experience and job readiness skills to enter the UK workforce and help them integrate into broader...
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The pandemic has seen communities come together to support each other, mutual aid groups have been set up and we have been united in our sense of gratitude and appreciation for the key workers who have kept delivering social impact.
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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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At Let's Talk Good Finance in London, LGBT charity London Friend CEO Monty Moncrieff MBE talks about their experience of taking on social investment from Charity Bank. Listen to hear what it involved and the opportunities it brought their organisation - particularly in reducing their overall costs.
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At Let's Talk Good Finance in Leeds, The Link CIC managing director Tina Jackson talks about why they decided to take on social investment through Big Issue Invest. Listen to hear about the challenges they faced and the opportunities social investment brought. Tina also shares her key learnings from...