Food for Thought: recent musings from experts in the sector.

Ippr’s “Youth Tracker” report explores how Britain’s young people are fairing in the recession and what we can do to support them. UnLtd’s latest Findings Paper explores how investment in the individual and their practical solutions to problems they face generates a ‘ripple effect,’ with the potential to create significant and lasting social change. Innovation [...]

Money Monthly: where it’s hidden and how to access it.

Live UnLtd is a youth participation programme which supports Young Social Entrepreneurs to build effective delivery models, taken on marketing activities, and more. Over the next 5 years, Live UnLtd hopes to reach over 20,000 young people living in England’s most disadvantaged communities. Innovation Exchange is seeking high-potential third sector innovation projects that could participate [...]

Training and Networking: get friendly with sector’s finest.

Business Mentoring for Social Entrepreneurs – Social Enterprise London is working in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC) in order to provide business mentoring to social entrepreneurs at all stages of growth. For more information see here. Winning Contracts – (26 May 2010) A free 2-day training programme, helping you win more contracts.  In [...]

Education Entrepreneurs: Funding, Investment, and Support Opportunities

After our event for education entrepreneurs with Teach First, we’ve been working hard at putting together a comprehensive spreadsheet on funding and support opportunities available to social entrepreneurs in the education space. Some of the highlights include: Thirty-five funding opportunities (investment, loans, grants), including: Impetus Trust: large-scale grants, loans, and support for organisations working with young people from [...]

What drives entrepreneurship?

At the Learning Launchpad, we support entrepreneurial ideas that create change and innovation across the UK education landscape. Our investees are creative, innovative and driven individuals that often lead us to ask ourselves the question “what drives entrepreneurship?” Recent studies have shown that a country’s social, cultural and political contexts must foster the environment and [...]

The proof is in the pudding

Faking It is the two week programme that challenges unemployed young people to fake it in a new profession. The pilot programme, in April 2009 was recorded by Young Foundation advisor Karen Freyer and Ed Owles from Native Voice Films and edited by our intern Gaia Marcus. The video is now publicly available.

Training and Networking: get friendly with sector’s finest.

We’ve decided to break up our ‘Monthly Opportunities Roundup’ into three sections– Training and Networking, which features the top upcoming events for social entrepreneurs; Money Monthly, which highlights opportunities for both cash and counsel on all things finance; and Food for Thought, a roundup of the latest publications and white papers on the sector.  Now, [...]

Education Entrepreneurs Meet-Up, 4 May

Friends of the Learning Launchpad: We would be delighted if you could join us on Tuesday the 4th of May for an exciting joint event brought to you by the Young Foundation’s Learning Launchpad team and Teach First’s Social Entrepreneurship Programme. The event is suited for entrepreneurs in the education space, funders, and supporters alike–the [...]

Monthly opportunities roundup: March 2010

Attend NESTA Fab Lab Launch (25 March 2010).  Fab Labs provide widespread access to modern means for invention.  They are low-cost, fully-fitted digital fabrication workshops that allow people to build practically anything using digital and analogue tools.  Register here. The Social Enterprise Coalition is running its 2010 Election Campaign alongside the 2010 General Election. The [...]

Jack on sustainability

more about “Sustainability“, posted with vodpod   This is the excellent presentation Jack gave on sustainability at our workshop on 19 February. And follow the link if you would like to see the other presentation from the day about Working with Young People.