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Beam announced as Super Connect for Good national winners
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th November 2020
Beam, the training platform for homeless people is announced as the best emerging tech startup to bring positive social change through technology...
Fantastic news for Beam, a training platform for homeless people as it has been announced as the national winner of the Super Connect for Good competition run by Hays, the recruiting experts, and global super connectors Empact Ventures.
The compet...
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Bigmoose - great coffee served with social good
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd April 2018Bigmoose Coffee Co. - The Welsh coffee shop that's on a mission to help the homeless and vulnerable in Cardiff
We have written previously about startups helping the homeless get into work, with the likes of Beam and TAP. With around 280,000 homeless people in the UK alone, homelessness is a big issue (no pun intended) that needs to be addressed, and more and more startups are appearing to do just...
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Beam - crowdfunding to help homeless people get into employment
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th February 2018Homelessness is a sad, frightening, and important topic. With 8000 people sleeping on UK streets and a further 200,000 ‘hidden homeless’ - those with only temporary accommodation, like hostels or even the backseat of their car - it is strangely easy to forget that these absurdly large numbers represent actual people. That’s 280,000 individual human beings. We have written before ...
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Lava Mae offers a smart solution to help with homeless hygiene
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th February 2017Many of you will have seen the odd pop-up library or bus in your time. Great for helping communities that live in remote areas to gain access to books and learning. But what about a ‘pop-on’ shower bus that provides showers to the homeless? We looked at Lava Mae who are doing just that…
The idea for Lava Mae was conceived when Founder Doniece Sandoval heard the cries of a homel...
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