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Social Enterprise Creates Blindness Fighting Socks

San Francisco-based SWAP Socks is a social enterprise startup that is utilizing mismatched socks to…

Gates Foundation Pledges $50 Million to Fight Ebola Epidemic

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $50 million to support emergency efforts to…

Green Ventures That Are Changing The World

Cause Artist has listed down 11 ventures that are improving the world’s climate conditions through green,…

The ‘Funky Indian’ Social Enterprise

Kam Chera, a businessman, is helping children with special learning needs through his Funky Indian…

A Place for Grace – A Social Enterprise Boutique

A Place for Grace, founded by Robin Nash and Mary Vivo, is a social enterprise…

200 New Jobs To Be Created With Social Enterprise That Reuses IT

The Regional and European Co-Operative for Social Industry (RECOSI) is a new Irish social enterprise which aims…

Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Backs Social Saturday

UK will be celebrating its first national celebration of social enterprises dubbed as Social Saturday.…

Oxfordshire Billed As Britain’s First Social Enterprise County

Social Enterprise UK  named Oxfordshire  county as Britain’s first-ever ‘Social Enterprise Place’. According to Social Enterprise…

The First Billion-Dollar Social Enterprise in America

Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital has purchased 50 percent of TOMS, the One For One shoe,…

Social Entrepreneurs Support Young Women In Kosovo Through Scholarships

Flora Stationery, a company that sells journal notebooks donning original artwork painted by a Kosovo…

Why A Mentor Should Be Part Of Any Social Enterprise Ingredient

Kylie Wyatt, Program Manager at Social Traders start-up incubation program “The Crunch”, explains why a…

Big Issue Aids Social Enterprise Obtain Nursery To Bolster Local Jobs

Social investment arm of The Big Issue magazine, Big Issue Invest (BII), has loaned £75,000…

New Social Enterprise Hub In Ballymena

The Northern Zone Social Enterprise Hub at Ballymena’s Ecos Centre has now officially opened. The…

Leicester Social Enterprise Guides Future Generations To Deliver Sustainable, Environmental Impact

Bina Sitaram, a 40-year old former senior garment technician in the fashion industry, has created…

Social Enterprise Provides Transformative, Authentic Mentoring To Canada’s At-risk Youth

Chris Blackwood is the founder of Helping Neighbourhoods Implement Change, a social enterprise that offers…

Green Coworking Space Expands To Serve Denver’s Green Movement

The country’s first green coworking space, Green Spaces, is a hub for green and socially…

New Vineyard Philanthropy Group Supports Island Youth

MVYouth, a newly formed Vineyard philanthropy group with a mission to support Island youth, will…

Is There Community Accountability In Impact Investing?

Morgan Simon, Pi Investments and Transform Finance, explains the concept of impact investment that supports…

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