Big Society Capital today announced a partnership between public service provider Interserve, social business Catch22 and social finance experts Clubfinance has won the Business Impact Challenge....
Renovation of an empty building in Buttershaw into a nursery and community hall is nearing completion. The Cooperville Centre, as it will be known, is due...
Chancellor George Osborne said today: “Our job is to rebuild Britain. Build our finances. Build our defences. Build our society. So that Britain becomes the most prosperous and...
Big Issue Invest have revealed the social businesses who have successfully secured investment through the Corporate Social Venturing (CSV) Programme. CSV is an innovative business support...
As the world prepares for the Climate Summit in Paris, a plucky volunteer-led company is attempting to join the world’s best scientists in defeating global climate...
An internationally-renowned environmental human rights defender continues to be pursued in the courts in Cameroon for no crime other than defending his own community’s land rights....
The Government has announced plans to close all coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023. Announcing the decision ahead of a major...
A new report by think tank Green Alliance shows how Grimsby has benefited economically over the past 15 years from the growth of the offshore wind sector, building...
Projects in Central Scotland that support trees, woodlands and green infrastructure, encourage community growing or promote active travel can now apply for a share of up...
To mark America Recycles Day, Dell and its Social Good Advocate, Adrian Grenier, are joining with Uber and Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey...
The energy sector in Kenya is among the most active in Africa and continues to grow with installed electricity capacity increasing from 1600 MW in 2009...
The current gender pay gap means that women effectively stop earning relative to men on a day in November. This day is referred to as Equal...
Scotland’s anaerobic digestion industry – which turns rotting food and farm waste into electricity – has mushroomed by more than two thirds in a year, new...
On the October 5, a four-point infrastructure plan was announced changing the way vital projects are planned, determined and funded. The fourth point was to create a new...
The MasterCard Foundation today released preliminary findings from innovative research conducted over the past six months into youth employment behaviours in Africa, where 600 million people...