Social enterprises Archives

Launch of the £40m Enterprise Development Programme

The Enterprise Development Programme is a five year, £40m programme funded by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment and managed by a coalition of partners. The initiative provides a broad range of support for charities and social enterprises in England to make...

Machines for Good – The human face of artificial intelligence

There has been much commentary and debate about the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to have a detrimental impact on society from being a threat to our data privacy to destroying employment.

Access Impact Management Programme

Aleron is delighted to have been appointed an approved provider for the new two-year Impact Management Programme, funded by the Access Foundation and Power to Change. The Impact Management Programme aims to build the capacity of charities and social enterprises to...

Helping young people make the most of their education

by Christine Corlet Walker, Consultant at Aleron Over recent weeks there has been extensive policy debate on what makes for a good education. Should schools focus on attainment? Is selection within the education system beneficial for young people? Should we return to...

Leaders Series: Jem Stein Director & Founder of the Bike Project

For our Leader Series this month we spoke with Jem Stein, the winner of the Lloyds Bank 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Jem is the director of the Bike Project, a social enterprise that gives refugees the opportunity to cycle and improve their mobility....

The GECES Standard: A solution to the dilemma of achieving common ground in social impact measurement

Dr. Saneeya Qureshi and Dr. Richard Hazenberg from the Institute for Social Innovation and Impact at the University of Northampton have written an article making a case for the European Commission’s (EC’s) ‘Groupe d’Experts de la Commission sur...