by Leah Thompson | Nov 20, 2019 | Consumer & Retail, Creative & Cultural, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, External Resources, General, Growing my Company, Personalised, Places & Spaces, Social Enterprise
Makespace Oxford is building new kinds of working and making space. We take Oxfordshire’s once empty and underused buildings and revive, repurpose and transform them into affordable, community-driven workspaces.
by Admin | Jul 24, 2019 | Developing an Idea or Early Stage, External Resources, Finance, Funding & Competitions, Growing my Company, Programmes & Events, Social Enterprise
Bethnal Green Ventures invests in and supports great teams with new ideas to help build solutions to social and environmental problems through an intensive three-month programme.
by Admin | Jun 13, 2019 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Exploring Opportunities, Funding & Competitions, Oxford, People & Organisations, Programmes & Events, Social Enterprise
Without student social action, both this city and Oxford University would look and feel very different. The Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards, now in their tenth year, are a joint initiative between the university and Oxford Hub to celebrate the efforts made by...
by Admin | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog & Case Studies, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Exploring Opportunities, Growing my Company, Oxford, People & Organisations, Personalised, Programmes & Events, Social Enterprise, Students
Do social impact and entrepreneurship go together? If stereotypes are anything to go by, no. Social impact comes with a sense of altruism – a privileging of what’s best for a community. Entrepreneurs think only of themselves, grasping opportunities that come their...
by Admin | Nov 14, 2018 | Entrepreneurs Uncovered, Oxford, People & Organisations, Social Enterprise
Matt Pierri is the CEO and co-founder of SociAbility. SociAbility is a young, motivated organisation working to mainstream accessibility information to empower people with disabilities to greater social engagement. We’re currently raising seed funding to build...
by Admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Consumer & Retail, Entrepreneurs Uncovered, Oxford, People & Organisations, Social Enterprise
Jake Backus is a Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College and Managing Director of Empathy Sustainability. Jake co-founded Common Ground with Piotr Drabik, barista and coffee machine mechanic. Common Ground is a social enterprise pop-up in an Oxford University owned...
