Ariane Nikpur, who is part of the On Purpose core team, writes about Breadwinners, a small charity supporting refugees with work opportunities in the UK. Breadwinners has been shortlisted in the top five of People's Projects supported by Big...
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April 2017 Fellow Katarina Fischerova interviewed Jane Hutchison, designer and founder of the cancer prevention charity Hello Beautiful Foundation.Katarina visited their wellness space, or ‘spiritual’ home, where all sales generated at the...
Continue readingIn this blog, Tania Han, who is currently on the October 2017 Associate Programme, writes about how a small company from New Zealand is doing good whilst challenging the soft drinks market.I first tasted in 2016, on a tiny island called Waiheke,...
Continue readingSifa Porter joined the On Purpose Associate Programme in October 2017 and is currently in her first placement at King’s Health Partners. In this blog, she explores what she has learned over the past few months about the meaning of value in...
Continue readingAriane Nikpur, who is part of the On Purpose London team, met with Sophie Andre, a social enterprise caterer in London.Sophie Andre set up Elysia in 2016 and since then has been catering quality artisan food made out of British surplus...
Continue readingPremila Sattianayagam, one of our Associates in the April 2017 Associate Programme in London, writes about her cohort’s project ‘Ready, Steady, Zero Waste Cook’ and her personal experience of living a more environmentally friendly life.Proud....
Continue readingDavid Romain, who is an April 2017 Associate in London, writes about the latest of our inter-city exchanges of our Associate Programme participants in London, Paris and Berlin.On Purpose Associates from Berlin and Paris joined the London crew for...
Continue readingMichael Hilton, April 2018 Associate in London, interviews in his latest blog Hayden Wood, who is the co-founder and CEO of Bulb Energy, a renewable energy start-up.Bulb Energy was named UK Business Of The Year at the 2017 . Its offering is...
Continue readingClare McCartney is currently in our October 2017 cohort and in her first placement. In this blog, she explores some of the challenges and opportunities of the social investment landscape in the UK.Before starting the On Purpose Associate...
Continue readingMichael Hilton, who is an April 2017 Associate in London, is a big fan and user of OLIO. He met with Saasha Celestial-One, who is the co-founder and COO, to find out more about the journey OLIO has been on and what is planned next.The concept of...
Continue readingA new year is the time for fresh New Year’s Resolutions and Michael Hilton, one of our Associates in the April 2017 cohort in London, sets an example by deciding to cut down on unnecessary flights and bravely embarks on a 16 hour bus journey from...
Continue readingLucy Wells, who is an October 2016 Fellow and currently living in New York, writes about one of her favourite social enterprise products: a socially conscious and environmentally friendly water filter.I recently watched an interview with on the...
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