Welcome to a guest blog post by Ruth Farenga, founder of Conscious Leaders, a consultancy dedicated to helping leaders reduce workplace friction and foster a calm and collaborative environment.

It has been just over a year since we announced the launch of the world's first social enterprise Speaker bureau.

What happens when you’re so busy doing the work that you can’t take a step back and focus on strategy for the business you know can grow?

Social enterprises often want to compete in the market on the quality of the service or product they are selling. But a change in strategy reaped dividends for one social entrepreneur.

As a child, Matthew Mitcham thought that if he could become the best in the world at something, he would finally feel special. His quest led to Olympic gold – but also drug addiction, depression, and eventually, recovery.

In our latest impact report we found that we supported 110 social enterprises and charities in the last year.

In our Impact report we share that we proudly hosted 73 mentoring sessions for social enterprises and charities in the past year.

Proving you’re never too young to be a social entrepreneur is 17 year old Jacob Bell, whose candle making has led to a partnership with one of the poster boys of social enterprise.

Rene Perkins of CityMaaS, who appeared on the show during the most recent run, reveals the truth about appearing on the perennial television favourite.

Marie Cudennec Carlisle’s business was suddenly vulnerable when her customers ceased orders during the pandemic. But a supportive phone call from a fellow social entrepreneur helped turn things around.

In our latest impact report we found that we supported 110 social enterprises and charities in the last year.

There’s a social issue you want to tackle. Is it better to do that as a charity or a social enterprise? Three leading social entrepreneurs told us why they chose the latter.