Social Enterprise UK

This Monday (10th), Turning Point released its annual social value report. This year the organisation has been able to evidence £171.95m in social value. However, our true soci...

On 7 August, Chris Sylvester, a recovering heroin addict, is going to sit in a bathtub in Leeds City Square for up to 3 days. He’s doing it because he knows what it feels like to be trapped by addiction. He’s doing it to try to raise £50k to help other people get clean.

Two out of three employers say they wouldn’t employ a former crack or heroin addict. Unemployment...

Today’s government announcement that public spending must back British jobs and skills in every postcode, set out in new Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 026, is another important step in Social En...

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) won the International Impact Award at the 2025 UK Social Enterprise Awards for work that includes geolocating war crimes in Palestine, Sudan and Myanmar. As tickets go on sale for this year’s Awards, we look at how CIR co-founder Adam Ru...

By Jovan Owusu-Nepaul – Head of Public Affairs at Social Enterprise UK

Today (Monday 20 June) Andy Burnham entered Downing Street. With an already warm slogan shaping his world view, ‘good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart’, he marries together heart and head in hopes of re-casting the direction of British politics. In it, forging a n...