Make An Impact Podcast
67 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Make An Impact Podcast is the podcast for you if you're a social entrepreneur or purpose led business owner, or desire to be one, and want to be inspired to make a bigger impact on people and the planet.Heidi Fisher MBE talks to social entrepreneurs who have set up all kinds of enterprises, and finds out more about how they are successfully running their social enterprises, and making a positive impact in the world.In the conversations you'll find out what they are doing so you can develop your social enterprise using their practical tips, why they do what they do, the impact their social enterprise has and how they measure their impact, and more.There's also exclusive interviews with Heidi where she shares her tips and knowledge around social enterprise and impact measurement.#socialenterprise #impactmeasurement
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Chime Audiology's transition to a Social Enterprise within the NHS with Johnathan Parsons
November 17, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, Heidi Fisher is joined by Johnathan Parsons, Managing Director and Consultant Clinical Scientist at Chime Social Enterprise. Chime is an NHS Audiology Service that utilised the Government Right to Request scheme to spin out as a not-for-profit Social Enterprise, having spun out 12 years ago under the "right to request" legislation. Owned by its staff, the organisation has a direct contract with the ICB for audiology services in the region. Heidi and Johnathan discuss the ...
Dismantling mental health stigma and embracing genuine self-kindness with Rhonda Lovell
November 14, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this episode, Heidi Fisher sits down with Rhonda Lovell, founder of Wellington Counselling, to explore Rhonda's journey from her early career in gender studies to becoming a therapist and establishing a community-focused counselling centre. Highlights from the discussion include: Organic growth of Wellington Counselling Community support and collaboration Pandemic Challenges and the surge in demand for counselling services Online platforms for service delivery and adapting to the cha...
Transforming mindsets and creating positive impacts with The Parenting Apart Programme
November 13, 2023 18:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBThe Parenting Apart Programme is an early intervention that prevents long-term negative impacts on children’s emotional health and well-being when their parents separate or divorce. In this episode, Managing Director Claire Field and Parenting Apart Consultant Kam Kaur share their insights into their innovative approach with Heidi. From organisational development to logistics and challenges to positive outcomes, this conversation highlights the importance of bringing parents together to fos...
A bottomless pit of ambition for patients with Dr Linda Harris, Spectrum Community Health CIC
November 07, 2023 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBWhat's the sign of an organisation that wants to realise the best for patients? It's something Dr. Linda Harris, a GP and the founding CEO of Spectrum Community Health CIC sees in droves everyday. And if you want to magnify your impact, whether in health and wellbeing, in working with vulnerable communities or across the gamut of social enterprises' outcomes, this episode is a must-listen. Linda is candid about her biggest learnings since Spectrum launched over 12 years ago. Why is growth...
Pass the So What? test or you're not delivering impact with Naomi Hulston, Catch22
October 09, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBCatch22 supports over 160,000 people every year. A social business, it has over 1,700 staff and volunteers and delivers services addressing child exploitation, children's social care, criminal justice, education, employment and training, and health and wellbeing. Naomi Hulston had worked in the organisation for 21 years before taking on her 15th role as its chief executive. She describes her passion for levering organisational strategy to achieve and boost outcomes and how 'building resili...
From burned-out social worker to seasoned business coach with Paul Zelizer
August 23, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBPaul Zelizer is a social entrepreneur coach and the co-host of the Awarepreneurs Podcast. He spent 15 years working in community mental health and tells Heidi about his journey from "burned-out, broke social worker" through a reinvention 16 years ago. Now he offers consultancy and coaching for impact-focused leaders. In this episode he covers: Using large organisations to lever impact. Securing work-life balance for a holistic life. The four questions every social entrepreneur needs to k...
A marketing masterclass for social and impact entrepreneurs with Ayo Abbas
July 24, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBHere's a rollicking, rip-roaring marketing 101 with Ayo Abbas. Ayo specialises in B2B (business to business) marketing for the built environment. And she believes marketing shouldn't be a weird, mystical art. We hear: why you should always remember you're marketing to people the problem with customer avatars – "I hate them" says Ayo, and confusing funnels why Ayo finds marketing architecture, engineering and other built environment services so much more interesting (and more of a mental...
Toys, artisans and sustainable livelihoods with Arshad Khalid, Ethiqana
June 23, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBHere's a horrifying statistic: 80% of toys are thrown away within two weeks, and they're packed with plastics and chemicals which damage the environment. Handmade wooden toys, so loved by so many, had been disappearing because of rapid industrialisation and the spread of cheap plastics. Arshad Khalid is the founder and director of Ethiqana, a social enterprise which works with toy producers – 'artisan heroes' – to create employment in India and around the world. Ethiqana's mission is to p...
Economic empowerment through travel, tourism and hospitality with Alessandra Alonso, Women in Travel CIC
March 23, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBAlessandra Alonso is the founder and managing director of Women in Travel CIC, a social enterprise which focuses on the economic empowerment of women through employability and entrepreneurship in travel, tourism and hospitality. It provides all women, but especially marginalised, vulnerable and under-represented women with visibility, confidence, access to training, mentoring and allyship programmes. Alessandra covers Women in Travel's history, how it continued to support people through th...
Neurodiversity, difference, dyslexia and passion with Remi Ray, The Diverse Creative
March 10, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBRemi Ray is a neurodivergent high-performance coach and the founder of The Diverse Creative CIC. She describes how she came to launch her social enterprise, which supports disabled entrepreneurs, and the multi-faceted approach she takes to coaching. After struggling through education because she had "shied away from discussing" her dyslexia until the age of 28, Remi realised she had not been honest about who she was (she received a diagnosis of dyslexia at the age of 19) – and felt a calli...
Creating powerful and stable cash positions to maximise impact with Yinka Ewuola
March 02, 2023 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBDoing good in the world? Then it is incumbent on you to build the foundations of a sustainable business, says Yinka Ewuola. Get those right and you can maximise your impact. This episode is about those foundations: cashflow and mindset. Plus Heidi is honest and open about common pricing mistakes and Yinka has ideas and solutions. And: Why "knowing your worth" can be the most damaging advice for an entrepreneur. How to maximise individual superpowers and create a "houseful of love." Why d...
Fixing the broken credit market with Open Banking - Tim Rooney, Salad Money
February 10, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB"Everyone has had a financial bump in the road at some point in their life, but I don't think they should be punished for that," say Tim Rooney, CEO of "Fintech for Good" Award-winner, Salad Money. Salad is a social enterprise and community development finance institution (CDFI) which focuses on lending and tailored financial education, support and signposting for NHS and Public Sector workers. Many people are punished by widespread use of credit scores to make decisions in the consumer cr...
Getting Dads Talking with Dan Flanagan, Dad La Soul
October 26, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBThere are six million dads in the UK and when Dan Flanagan's own father passed away he re-evaluated his own life. "It can be lonely to be a dad but men don't like to talk about that." The consequences are profound and tragic. Isolation, loneliness, mental ill-health. For some men, suicide – horrifyingly, 96 men under 45 are lost to suicide each week in the UK. And the emotional availability of fathers has both an immediate and long-lasting impact on children. A few years ago Dan started b...
Money where it matters with Theodora Hadjimichael, Responsible Finance
August 04, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBFinance and credit play a big part in our lives. Removing or preventing access to them is hugely disruptive, as today's guest explains. Without fit-for-purpose finance on fair terms, businesses and social enterprises can't grow, create jobs or deliver vital frontline services, and millions of households are prey for loan sharks. Community development finance institutions (CDFIs) address the damaging lack of appropriate finance faced by many people, businesses and social enterprises. Respon...
Building confidence and wellbeing in the age of body shaming through drama and dares with Ursula
July 18, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBWe have never faced such scrutiny of our bodies, or been under as much pressure to conform to a narrow definition of 'beauty.' Ldn Dares Drama Company supports people with low confidence, self-esteem and body image issues through performing arts. The social enterprise works with commissioners in mental health. It helps people develop and understand their self worth, build confidence and more, and has been nominated for the Innovation in Healthcare Lammy Award. Founder and CEO Ursula strug...
Sustainable ecommerce, green future with Bashir Khairy, Green Wallet
May 23, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBWhen serial technology entrepreneur Bashir Khairy had a lightening bolt realisation of the cumulative effects of our shopping habits, he overhauled his lifestyle. But there was a problem. Bashir and his family couldn't find enough sustainable products in one place. "There were fundamental questions about how we vote with our money," he says, and directed his focus to creating a marketplace featuring ethical products from conscious merchants. The Green Wallet app is now in use UK-Europe wi...
Gifting the world of social enterprise with stories which inspire and unite – Karis Gill, Social Stories Club
May 06, 2022 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBKaris Gill was already a serial entrepreneur when she discovered social enterprise. She figured gifts are a wonderful way to introduce people to what she, like Heidi, believes is the future of business. Social Stories Club, a social enterprise Karis co-founded, offers gifts (wonderful products which make a difference) accompanied by engaging, powerful stories. Karis describes how it maps and manages its impacts; how it uses stories; and how she and her team decide what products to include....
Propelling unsung heroes to even greater impact with Nicole Helwig
March 28, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBDoes your work create social change and are you an extraordinary business leader? If so, you could apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, which offers a £10,000 cash award to up to four winners for their personal and professional development alongside expert mentoring support. It's an exciting opportunity to accelerate your impact and today's guest Nicole Helwig explains more about the Prize, its purpose and impact, how to apply, and gives a vital piece of advice if you're thinkin...
Social Enterprise is Power with Tippa Naphtali
July 27, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBTippa Naphtali doesn't only use enterprise for business, but also to address political and social issues and make society better. He's been a community activist for over four decades, working in Birmingham, London and internationally. Entrepreneurial since the playground he's supported, developed and led a huge range of community development and social justice projects and organisations. Tippa is well known for his campaigning work, calling for penal, police and mental health reforms to e...
How Madlug's lockdown strategy led to biggest ever order with Dave Linton
June 28, 2021 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBDave Linton is the first ever guest to be invited onto the Make an Impact podcast for a follow-up interview. He launched Madlug in 2015 as he was heartbroken to learn that most children in care transport their worldly belongings in bin bags. Madlug’s 'Buy one, give one' approach addresses this. But what’s happened since Dave was last on the show? Masses, it turns out, and Dave describes Madlug’s resilience in the face of a social media hack, the decisions it made to deal with Covid, the va...
Football for Fundraising with North Wales Dragons' Chris Roberts
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB"This is a model that can be taken anywhere in the world." Chris Roberts is the co-founder of North Wales Dragons, a social enterprise and community football team which raises money for charities all over the UK and beyond. The idea was kicked off with a football match with a ten-nil defeat, but lots of money raised – and it snowballed from there, as Chris explains. He also describes: how the sponsorship and fundraising model works, ensuring the games are inclusive and collaborative, t...
Ethical marketing for ethical businesses with Jane Shaw
June 02, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBThere are three key things ethical businesses must do when it comes to their marketing, according to Jane Shaw. Listen on to find out. Conscious customers can be incredibly vocal, so if an ethical business can build a community which loves and believes in their product or service it can be a huge asset. Jane describes the practical steps ethical businesses can take; how she helps entrepreneurs to bottle their "why" and her own routemap to make marketing affordable and effective for small, ...
Putting purpose and values into consultancy with Marianne Moore, Justice Studio
May 24, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBMarianne Moore launched Justice Studio in 2011 after becoming jaded with the values deficit in traditional management consulting. She wanted to run a business she'd like to work in: a consultancy where people's purpose and interests are inflamed rather than dampened down. Justice Studio has worked on projects addressing social, gender, child, criminal and climate justice, plus safeguarding, homelessness, racism, domestic violence and international aid. She "The broader discriminations...
A satnav to social impact with Sara Osterholzer, The Good Business Club
April 30, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBImagine not having to explain to people your mission to balance impact and profit. It's powerful and energising to work with people who get what you're doing and why . Sara Osterholzer co-founded the Good Business Club, an alternative business network fostering "collaboration connection and confidence for small, good business owners and freelancers who want to make a difference, as well as a living. " She's on a mission to reach 2021 budding impact entrepreneurs this year so they can start ...
How hemp boosts social action and helps people find their purpose with Saif Bhoja, Huriah Hemp
April 23, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBSaif Bhoja is founder of Huriah Hemp CIC, a youth-led organisation selling hemp and organic cotton products to businesses and consumers. It uses the sales to drive its social mission, empowering young people's creativity and self-esteem. Social action helps young people position themselves in the world and identify their purpose and the path they want to take, says Saif. When he was younger it was difficult to pursue his interests in creativity, environmental advocacy or any kind of volunt...
How hemp boosts social action and helps people find their purpose with Saif Bhoja, Huriah Hemp
April 23, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBSaif Bhoja is founder of Huriah Hemp CIC, a youth-led organisation selling hemp and organic cotton products to businesses and consumers. It uses the sales to drive its social mission, empowering young people's creativity and self-esteem. Social action helps young people position themselves in the world and identify their purpose and the path they want to take, says Saif. When he was younger it was difficult to pursue his interests in creativity, environmental advocacy or any kind of volunt...
Swapping lunches for bunches of supercharged creativity with Marcella Tarable, Food for Thought
March 31, 2021 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBMarcella Tarable is the co founder of Food for Thought, an initiative which invites people from agencies to donate their skills to help a social enterprise or charity, in exchange for a nice lunch. Marcella says she wanted to found ways to "redeem her soul" – her background is in advertising – and do something purposeful. But it was hard to find initiatives to support social enterprises which is why she launched Food for Thought. She describes some of the social enterprises Food for Though...
Igniting fires and combining worlds with film director Ravinol Chambers
March 23, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBVideo is like a match which starts the fire to cook a meal, says Ravinol Chambers. He's worked with numerous social enterprises, social investors and partners such as TedX London, making stories which cross boundaries since 2009. Ravinol's debut documentary Road to Vrindavan is a feature film examining the impact and importance of education for girls in India and what we must all do to make progress in gender equity. Ravinol tells us more about this ‘heartbreaking yet incredibly hopeful’ ...
Developing Essential Skills so People can Reach their Potential with Amy Eleftheriades
December 18, 2020 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBAmy Eleftheriades has worked with children, young people and vulnerable adults in social care, health and education for over twenty years. A qualified teacher, Amy founded and runs Alpha Inclusion and Communication, which works with neurodivergent young people and adults. Amy describes how her business, a social enterprise, develops individuals' essential skills. Alpha supports professionals and parents; enabling them to improve communication and education for children and young people. It...
Economic, Environmental and Tech Impact for Social Entrepreneurs
December 11, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBTiny changes in how you use technology can make a profound impact on your carbon footprint. By thinking about the entire life cycle of a product, from raw materials to what happens when it really can't serve its original purpose, social and purpose-driven entrepreneurs can re-evaluate what tools they use and when to replace them. In this episode, Heidi covers proactive and realistic steps you can take right away to ensure you don't just consume and create for the sake of it. And she exam...
Creating worldwide opportunities for entrepreneurship with Cath Harris, One World Women
December 02, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBCath Harris runs One World Women, a social enterprise connecting experienced business women with ambitious female entrepreneurs from developing countries. Cath experienced burnout after growing her first business which she sold in 2016. On a holiday to the Gambia she met Ida Cham, an ' extraordinary woman' who runs her own cooking school and makes micro-loans to help women run their own businesses. That conversation and the gaps in support Ida outlined to Cath, became the spark for One Worl...
Everything you need to know about impact in your supply chain
November 25, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBEmbedding social impact into your supply chain is much wider than just 'buying from social enterprises.' It's possible to unlock enormous and complementary social, environmental and economic impacts through social procurement and Heidi describes how, with examples, in this episode. We go into depth about what to think about, how to start, and how to measure supplier-generated impact. There are numerous baby steps you can take, which Heidi describes. And we look at emerging areas of socia...
Crowdfunding success and getting a product to market with Tina Chen, HumaniTea
November 20, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBTina Chen is the founder and chief tea officer at HumaniTea which sells ready-to-drink cold tea latte drinks made with natural and ethically-sourced ingredients. HumaniTea is a social enterprise and commits 5% of profits to support wellbeing and sustainability initiatives. Tina was originally inspired by the Taiwanese bubble tea concept and the British tea drinking culture while studying her MBA at Imperial College London. She tells Heidi about HumaniTea's journey from idea to brand to a n...
How to Communicate and Embed Impact and be Impact-Led
November 13, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MBWe've run through the five stages of the LEAN social impact approach in earlier episodes. Three themes are common to every stage: being impact-led, communication, and embedding impact. A social enterprise with an impact-led strategy is led by the impact it wants to create. This means being your purpose, rather than having a purpose. Why bother? Many organisations get bogged down in a cycle of continuing to exist – which means chasing funding and contracts to continue delivering the same se...
Human Rights through Art and Questioning Everything with Sandy AbdelRahman
November 04, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBThere's a lot of anger about asking questions or fear of being 'cancelled' nowadays. Yet how are you going to educate an 11 or 15 year old about their human rights if they can't or don't ask searching questions? Sandy AbdelRahman is the co-founder of Skaped, a platform which encourages young people to engage with their human rights through the creative arts including drama, writing and more. An activist since the age of 19, Sandy describes why art is such an effective tool for engagement a...
How to Manage and Maximise Impact and when to use SROI
October 29, 2020 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBStage five of the LEAN social impact approach is LEARN. Heidi explains how this is when your organisation makes improvements, based on data, to maximise your impact. Heidi uses another real-life example, this time a community hub. Segmenting and being more specific about their "wellbeing" outcomes improved their impact and gave them more detailed evidence, more precise data and a more powerful story. This episode also covers SROI – social return on investment. People either love or hate SR...
From Waste to Beautiful Products with Genia Mineeva, BEEN London
October 21, 2020 12:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBGenia Mineeva is a former journalist who moved from covering politics and international affairs to communicating impact and campaigning. She went on to launch BEEN London after getting angry about waste which doesn’t get recycled. In this episode Genia talks about creating fantastic and high quality handbags entirely from waste; the circular economy; her biggest challenges and achievements to date and some exciting future developments for BEEN London. When Genia was told "we would recycle...
How to Analyse Your Social Impact
October 14, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBThe fourth stage of the LEAN social impact approach is 'Analyse.' Heidi explains how effective analysis enabled a housing association with range of projects to capture better data, understand more about what worked best, and make changes to improve their impacts. The five stages of Heidi's LEAN social impact approach are Define, Plan, Measure, Analyse and Learn, and it's important to progress through each stage before moving to the next. If you do, the Analyse stage provides immediate and v...
Checking sustainability claims and fighting greenwashing with Abbie Morris
October 07, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBAbbie Morris is co-founder and CEO of Compare Ethics, a platform which connects conscious shoppers with brands which are ethical and sustainable, rather than brands pretending to be. She launched Compare Ethics because of her own lack of trust at many brands' claims and her frustration about greenwashing and purpose-washing. Compare Ethics measures claims about sustainability, environmental impact and other frequently-championed areas of responsible business. It assesses each claim agains...
How to Measure Impact and Outcomes and Avoid 3 Common Mistakes
September 30, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWhen are your prime opportunities to capture data? In part three of The Impact Diaries, Heidi Fisher describes her approach to measuring your impact – the central stage of the LEAN social impact approach. If you've planned effectively then measuring your impact is easy, she says – but if you haven't this is where everything goes wrong. Heidi describes how a client sought to measure six key outcomes – having both defined and planned well. This organisation provides multiple services for adu...
Fighting human trafficking with great coffee - Bryn Frere-Smith
September 23, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBIt's disappointing if an important cause is let down by a poor product. Bryn Frere-Smith's coffee contributes to addressing terrible issues – but he’s emphatic it must taste amazing too. Bryn is founder of Blue Bear Coffee which uses its profits and profile to support organisations fighting human trafficking and caring for survivors. After leaving the Metropolitan Police he worked in 'close protection' for some of the richest people in the world. But he needed to find his purpose. This too...
Why Planning is Crucial for Impact Measurement and Effective Methods to Capture Data
September 17, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBStage two of the LEAN social impact approach is planning. If you miss this stage you risk measuring the wrong things in the wrong way, a mistake many social enterprises make. Heidi explains how an organisation which works with young people with Special Educational Needs planned what to measure – and how to do so effectively. Many organisations fall back on the easy option of questionnaires to capture data, instead of adopting a flexible approach. Surveys and questionnaires aren't always fi...
How to support young people's mental health with Denise Brown, 4YoungMinds
September 04, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBDenise Brown launched 4YoungMinds in October 2018. Over several years as a youth worker for The Prince's Trust she had witnessed just how much young people struggle with mental health and well-being, no matter what their background. How does social media influence young people's mental health and what are its pros and cons? What positives have come out of Black Lives Matter? And how does her own experience of anxiety help Denise relate to people she now supports? In this episode, Denise co...
How to Define and Redefine your Impact
September 03, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBWhat would your ultimate goal be if you were trying to maximise your impact? Would it be different to your current goal? In The Impact Diaries Heidi gives real-life examples of the five stage LEAN social impact approach in action. Its first stage is "define" and in this episode Heidi covers work with a health and social care organisation, three key questions board members can use to be creative about the future, and how the define stage is crucial for boards to identify impact goals, appro...
How to Define and Redefine your Impact
September 03, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBWhat would your ultimate goal be if you were trying to maximise your impact? Would it be different to your current goal? In The Impact Diaries Heidi gives real-life examples of the five stage LEAN social impact approach in action. Its first stage is "define" and in this episode Heidi covers work with a health and social care organisation, three key questions board members can use to be creative about the future, and how the define stage is crucial for boards to identify impact goals, appro...
Making it in the Music Business with Manny Ebokosia, True Cadence
August 04, 2020 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBManny Ebokosia is a multi-genre and multilingual recording artist, songwriter, and the founder of music business social enterprise, True Cadence. You can't push a natural born leader into working for someone else, he says. So True Cadence provides learning, mentoring and artistic development to young people from under-resourced communities. Manny launched True Cadence when he realised plenty of programmes gave young people access to recording and music-making facilities – but there was lit...
How Utter Rubbish reduces fly tipping and makes recycling better
July 17, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes - 6.68 MBIt's a disgusting and expensive mess. Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of rubbish and a costly scourge. Local authorities dealt with over a million incidents of fly tipping in England alone last year. But Elliott Lancaster is on a clean-up mission. Utter Rubbish is a social enterprise he created while studying at Keele University (he gained a first-class degree in accounting and finance and is now taking a PhD there). Elliott set up Utter Rubbish to communicate more effectively about wha...
Connecting social enterprises with corporates through technology - Frank Omare, SAP
June 15, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB"Our values are to help the world run better and improve people's lives," says Frank Omare, a senior director within the global value advisory team at SAP. He works with customers to help them understand how technology can solve critical business problems, transform their businesses – and enable their organisations to achieve sustainability-related goals. Sustainability and social enterprise are central, not only to Frank's role, but to how SAP does business, he tells Heidi. Frank talks ...
How a social enterprise supporting vulnerable people is sustaining itself - Jonny Kinross, Grassmarket
May 22, 2020 17:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MB"The trouble with being successful is you're in demand." When Jonny Kinross took the helm as CEO of Grassmarket Community Project, the Edinburgh-based social enterprise worked with around 70 people each year. Now that figure is around 500. With a background in social work, Jonny set up a social enterprise 12 years ago before joining – and "totally falling in love with" – the Grassmarket Community Project, which gives people the opportunity to contribute more to society. Grassmarket Communi...
Fair for You: taking on the rent-to-own sector with ethical loans for essential household items
April 28, 2020 14:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBAngela Clements is Chief Executive of Fair for You Enterprise Community Interest Company, an ethical alternative to high cost weekly payment and "rent to own" stores. Fair for You is a lending company, wholly owned by a charity, providing small loans for people to buy essential items for they homes. It does not give cash loans, it gives access to affordable credit. On an average Fair for You loan, a borrower will save £500 in interest compared with rent-to-own stores, according to research...