Big Step Forward for Social Enterprise in Canada: Federal government clarifies definition and announces national directory
With little fanfare the Federal government has taken a major step forward this week in supporting the social enterprise sector – providing clarity on a definition and supporting the development of a national directory. The directory defines social enterprise as,...
Creative Change: Strengthening communities stitch by stitch
The Sewing Rooms, a social enterprise based in Lancashire in the north of England, is running a programme of community sewing projects specifically for isolated and vulnerable women over the age of 50. Registered as a community interest company, The Sewing Rooms...
How Furniture Bank Uses Technology and Corporate Partnerships to Expand its Impact
Furniture Bank, a charity and social enterprise on a mission to ensure all Canadians have the dignity of a furnished home, was founded in 1998. In the 18 years since, it has grown from serving a few hundred people each year to being on track to create homes for...
In Convo With Erika Karp: Redefining capitalism as a force for good
SEE Change recently spoke with Erika Karp, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital Inc., a financial services firm based in New York that applies the principles of sustainable finance across the capital markets, enhancing investment processes through transparency...
Making the Case for Collaborating for Change
Like other transformational moments in my life, it was a confluence of events that drove my attention to a repetitive theme: How do we “sell” others on the idea of collaboration? Depending on your situation this could involve persuading a busy executive (perhaps...
Cycling for Change: Solo bike journey through Silk Road focuses on microloans
SEE Change is continuously impressed with the brave, impassioned men and women who go out on their own in pursuit of social and environmental change. And we try our best to empower them, the only way we truly can - by helping them tell their story. We asked one...
9 Pearls of Wisdom: Advice to younger social entrepreneurs
As social entrepreneurs, we are lucky. We live each day knowing that we are making a difference in the lives of others. It is a blessing, but it isn’t always easy. Now we have a new generation of millennial social entrepreneurs starting out – inspired by hundreds...
Houston’s Farm Dirt: Change from the ground up
I have a confession – I love dirt. This stems from growing up on a potato farm; I can close my eyes and bring myself back to my childhood where my father would come home from work and give me a big hug, smelling like nothing other than rich, wonderful dirt. Apart...
New Model of Employment-Focused Social Enterprises Helps Workers Re-Enter Economy
Originally published as part of Washington Monthly’s Successes in Philanthropy blog series In today’s political climate, it’s easy to assume that our civic systems are broken, and accomplishments—when they are not denigrated or outright dismissed by the “other...
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