Providing educational courses for disadvantaged women
From information from Blackburne House
“Women feel safe when they come here. We serve 500-700 women every academic year. Last year, there were 70 nationalities represented, so having a safe, culturally sensitive environment is essential.”
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Pretty Hearts social enterprise
From Pretty Hearts website
Meaningfully engaging young people through workshops, social activities and literature. They aim to create a safe space where young people can express themselves, learn skills and improve their collective wellbeing.
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Dealing with uncertainty
From an article by Spring Impact
Many orgs take a “build it and they will come” approach - substantial time, resources upfront and risky assumptions about needs. Adopting Lean Innovation helps maximize impact under conditions of uncertainty. A case study.
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Makerspaces in Liverpool that bring creativity to communities
From an article by Pioneers Post
Make’s hubs are places that nurture life-changing social impact, spaces where opportunity meets ambition and true collaboration, for ideas to incubate, for start-ups to grow and flourish into established enterprises that support livelihoods.
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Redemptive entrepreneurship
From Praxis Labs
Creative restoration by business through sacrifice using the agency, resources available. Blessing others, renewing culture, giving of ourselves - an “I sacrifice, we win” approach. Fundamentally other-centred: to love, serve.
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Bringing back the power of community
From a blog at the British Medical Journal and oth
William Beveridge, whose 1942 report led to the welfare state, recognised he'd made a mistake in omitting a greater role for families, communities, volunteers, civil society. “It did frankly send a chill to my heart.”
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Kitty's Laundrette
From an article by the School for Social Entrepren
A community launderette and social space in Liverpool, run by the community for the community. High-quality, affordable ecological laundry services and an accessible social space for people to gather, talk and learn.
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Pursuing failure to test innovations
From an article by Spring Impact
We grow up trying to avoid failure. But with Testing before Investing we do the opposite-pursue failure. If we're going to fail, we want to fail early and small. Then we learn, adapt, iterate for a better solution.
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Online - Social Founders Talk: The Washing Machine Project and Rosa Fund
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Dr. Navjot Sawney, Founder & CEO of The Washing Machine Project, and Maggie Baxter, Founder, Rosa, the UK Fund for Women & Girls.
Dr. Navjot Sawney's journey is deeply rooted in resilience and a desire to make a difference. Born and raised in London to parents from unpartitioned India, his social founder journey is fascinating, and his impact now reaches across India and many other countries. You'll hear about innovation and rapid scale.
Maggie Baxter, has deep and wide experience of social impact: she is the Founder of Rosa, the UK Fund for Women & Girls, and was for many years Grants Director at Comic Relief, funding social impact and innovation across the UK, Africa and Asia. She has more knowledge of what works, and founder impact across issues and countries than anyone we know.
23/09/2026
12:30