Training for UK university social ventures
Our client: London School of Economics (LSE) / Impact U Duration: 90 min online trainings 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 in their communities. […]
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 […]
Active Moves – community-based exercise for older people
The project: “Active Moves” – developing a community-based exercise initiative to keep older people fit and healthy while combatting loneliness and isolation Royal Voluntary Service is a volunteer organisation that enriches the lives of older people and their families across Britain. The Active Moves initiative aims to improve the wellbeing of frail, older people by […]
Leadership of the Future – supply chain sustainability
The project: “Leadership of the Future” – mobilising Marks and Spencer’s food suppliers to take action on sustainability. Based in the Foods Plan A team, this project included the design and project management of a strategic future trends event, working closely with senior leaders in the food business. To support content development, a series of sustainability films were produced, […]
Change Adoption Project
The project: “Change Adoption Project” – Global adoption of a new HR software (Salesforce) for VSO. After a year of implementation, the new HR software was being sparsely used in VSO’s offices globally and therefore not allowing upper management to have an accurate overview of the company’s performance. The project took into consideration the offices’ […]