“Something’s got to be done about this”, “This can’t go on”, “I can’t believe we’re in the same place we were before”, “The time to act is now”. How often do we hear this rhetoric in mainstream media?
Bits & Blogs
Funders who say they support social enterprise actually need to do it!
Honestly friends, I really am tired of funders saying they have specific grant programmes for social enterprises when in fact they’re actually giving it to charities. Confused by this?
The real power of ‘Know, Like & Trust’ in impact measurement
So much of ‘marketing talk’ is a load of rubbish; overused clichés that have been done to death. Take ‘know, like and trust’ for example. We’ve all heard it. And we’ve all thought “Yeah, yeah, next”.
Alternative ways to scale up without all the stress
It’s a fact that many social entrepreneurs are resistant to scaling. I get it; scaling is generally seen a “big business” thing. Big business with big bucks. But, what if scaling wasn’t just about you, yourself reaching more people?
Guardian: Communities
- Blooms of hope: the gardening groups delivering smiles during lockdown
- Labour must re-establish itself as the party of the many | Letters
- When Covid is over, what buildings do we actually want to see in Britain's cities? | Owen Hatherley
- Warning over mental health effects of floods in the UK
