Co-Creating the Future of Tursi: Design Thinking for Rural Revitalization in Tursi
Client: KINO Italy is a start-up and community project that brings remote workers and digital nomads to Italy’s hidden gems and rural villages Duration: 4 workshop sessions over 2 weeks Beneficiaries: The local community and producers of Tursi, international nomads, and local associations (such as THEMA) The challenge Tursi faces a disconnect from the outside world, […]
Growing impact entrepreneurship in Madeira
Client: SMARTIES for SMEs is a transnational project to improve the competitiveness of SMEs in the EU Mediterranean region. It’s co-funded by the European Union and ACIF Duration: 12 months Beneficiaries: Local Madeiran community and skilled international participants—primarily digital nomads, but also expats, remote workers, and longer-stay tourists. The challenge Madeira is an island located […]
Support in scaling approach for ABC Life Solutions
Client: ABC Life Support — A social enterprise delivering physical and mental health first aid training Duration: 1 hour 1-2-1 session & 2 hour Theory of Change working session (3 hours total) Beneficiaries: ABC Life Support aims to provide accessible First Aid training to those who are normally unable to access this training. They have focused […]
Training for UK university social ventures
Client: London School of Economics (LSE) / Impact U Duration: 20+ online workshops, 2024-2026 Beneficiaries: UK universities and their students and academics developing social ventures The situation: Impact U brings together UK universities led by LSE to provide training and funding to support pre-seed social ventures founded by academics and students in their communities. Our […]
Exploring the support needs of UK university social ventures
Our client: London School of Economics (LSE) / Impact U Duration: 2 months Final beneficiaries: UK universities and their students and academics developing social ventures The situation: Impact U brings together UK universities led by LSE to provide training and funding to support pre-seed social ventures founded by academics and students. As they prepared to launch their […]
Helping TLS to measure, enhance and communicate its impact
Our client: Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions, an Essex-based community interest company that helps disabled people to become more independent. Duration: 12 months Final beneficiaries: Disabled people in Thurrock The challenge Senior managers at Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions (TLS) knew anecdotally their services were changing some people’s lives hugely, but they had no systematic way of capturing what […]
Building up the impact ecosystem in Egypt
Our client: British Council, the United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities Duration: 12 months (2019-2020) Final beneficiaries: 50 youth (aged between 18-35) from Egypt working in leadership positions at social enterprises, including some in the creative industries The challenge Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) is a pilot programme that takes […]
Supporting the growth of inclusive businesses in Egypt
Our client: GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) – a German international development agency Duration: 24 months (2018-2020) Our end customer: 20 businesses in Egypt and their employees The challenge GIZ aims to support inclusive businesses in Egypt that will create new, high-quality employment for people living at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). Among GIZ’s targets […]
Helping young people to succeed in the UK job market
Our client: The Challenge, was a national social integration charity, working with the UK’s Department for Education Duration: 4 months (April–July 2018) Our end customer: UK students aged 16-23 following the soon to be introduced technical education courses (“T Levels”) Creating an ecosystem to build a highly skilled technical workforce in the UK The Government is reforming […]
Social Impact through Procurement
The project: “Social Impact through Procurement” – supporting Johnson and Johnson to bring social enterprises into its supply chain This project supported Johnson and Johnson UK to scope out and initiate a strategic programme of engagement with social enterprise suppliers. Initial stages involved facilitating discussions around long-term goals and securing endorsements from members of Johnson […]