‘Buying social’ is being promoted to businesses this Christmas to support Britain’s Social Enterprises. These organisations reinvest their profits for good to deliver on their social...
Chancellor George Osborne has promised new reforms on benefits to eradicate a “culture of welfare dependency” and pledged to encourage the exploitation of shale gas reserves...
Waste management specialist Bagnall & Morris (B&M) will now supply homelessness charity, Shelter with unwanted furniture to support people in need and protect the environment. B&M...
Flash floods in a rural part of northern Afghanistan have killed 81 people and forced many others to leave their homes. The floods hit the Guzargah-e-Nur...
Pret A Manger is a popular chain of food shops in the UK, which promotes fresh natural eating and focuses on ethics and sustainability to run...
Both the archbishop of Canterbury and the pope have spoken out during their respective Easter services against the suffering faced by people in war-torn countries like...
Croydon council is set to invest £10m into a socially-orientated property fund that will buy homes to rent to the borough’s homeless community. It is thought...
There are more than 700,000 empty houses in the UK and several million more in other European countries, enough to give shelter to all the homeless...
A leading homeless charity has warned of thousands of “silent strugglers” who are turning to payday lenders in order to pay off their rent or mortgage....
With just seven sleeps until the big day, Blue & Green Tomorrow is encouraging readers to think about donating even a small amount over the festive...
Threadneedle Investments and Big Issue Invest have pulled the curtain on the Threadneedle UK Social Bond fund – an investment vehicle available from January 2014 that...
Five of the leading organisations in the social investment market have collaborated to launch a research body that will seek to maximise the benefits for socially-motivated...
The charity Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has reported an ‘alarming’ 78% increase in enquiries made to food banks across the UK. The figures, which were made public...
Big Issue founder John Bird has described ethical investment as “the biggest of fights” and encouraged people “become savvy” to bring about real financial change. In...
Blending social investment, public funding and social enterprise, social impact bonds are a groundbreaking way of raising private funds to finance essential public services. Public contracts...