City volunteer matching scheme extended to social enterprises
A City-based scheme that matches charities with corporate volunteers is extending the programme to include social enterprises, reports Third Sector. City Action allows city-based business to send volunteers to work with community organisations in the city and in neighbouring boroughs.
New online shop sells baby clothes with 100% profit to orphaned and abandoned children
A new social enterprise has launched – www.frombabieswithlove.org is the first online baby clothes retailer to donate 100% of its profit to a charity, reports Social Enterprise Live.
Students' award-winning appetite to help beat food poverty
University of Bristol reports that FoodCycle Bristol, run by students at the university, has won an award for its efforts to provide free meals for the community from food which would otherwise be thrown away. To read a recent article on student social enterprise which looks at the work of on FoodCycle Bristol, click here.
Beeston empty homes conference looks to social ventures
More than 100 people, including TV architect and government empty homes adviser George Clarke, came together in Beeston to explore how to bring back into use some of the 5,000 long-term empty homes across the city, reports South Leeds Life. The event was organised by Leeds-based social enterprise Social Business Broker.
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