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13 Mar 2017 Media Diversified: Opening up the Conversation

In the latest On Purpose blog, Henna Butt (January 2012 On Purpose Fellow) discusses the underrepresentation of marginalised voices in UK media today. Henna is the editor for Media Diversified (mediadiversified.org), a non-profit organisation that…

13 Mar 2017 Homelessness: finding the light at the end of the tunnel

Having read Agustina’s insightful blog shortly after I completed mine, I wondered whether I should still go ahead and publish my take on the experience with Crisis over Christmas. After some deliberation, I concluded that perhaps it…

13 Mar 2017 Change from within: some hints from LAUNCH

13 Mar 2017 Business behind bars

Many social enterprises struggle to balance social and commercial objectives. For some, ‘business as usual’ is even more difficult, as On Purpose Associate Katherine Hewetson explains.

13 Mar 2017 Working from here there and everywhere

One of the great things about On Purpose the exposure we get to different organisations. My first placement is with O2, a very, very big company with a surprisingly flexible approach to how we work. O2 has raised and changed my understanding and...

13 Mar 2017 Rawls’ Rules!

The ambition of On Purpose is necessarily grand: to train leaders who can forge a different sort of economy, an economy that integrates social and environmental concerns with financial sustainability. This is all well and good conceptually, but...

13 Mar 2017 The Future of Learning

The learning and education sector is changing dramatically which means its future and development is up for grabs. Chris Blues (Associate October’14) shares some of his insights working at FutureLearn, a tech start-up aiming to shape the future...

13 Mar 2017 On legacy, learning, and one wise lady

Today’s challenges mean we’re always looking out for the ‘next big thing’, the newest solution. Associate Rachael Ibbott (October 2014), however, argues for a more historical perspective of our work.

13 Mar 2017 New Styles of Leadership for New Ways of Doing Business?

As the world looks for new approaches to business and innovative solutions to some critical problems, do we also need a new approach to leadership? As the other On Purpose Associates and I left Embercombe on Sunday after a long…

13 Mar 2017 Remember, remember, the fluff of Movember

It has been just over two weeks since the Mo Purpose team said goodbye to the much coddled appendages below their olfactory extremities. Moustaches may have to be left to Tom Selleck after all it seems, never mind our delusions of grandeur. Despite the…

13 Mar 2017 Sense Camp, UK

13 Mar 2017 Social Enterprise Development Awards

In November, On Purpose was one of 60 social enterprises recognised as growing social enterprises by Santander at its inaugural Social Enterprise Development Awards (SEDA).