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Many groups, organisations and communities have offered support to those in need during Covid-19. One such organisation, Bubble & Squeak, a kids-run social enterprise tackling food waste in East Acton, London, adapted its organisation to support those in need during Covid-19. From the start of lockdown, Bubble & Squeak set-out to deliver emergency food parcels and packed lunches ...
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26 Social Enterprise startups share the $1m No-Strings Chivas Venture Fund  Some good news with the announcement that due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, leading blended Scotch whisky, Chivas, will be distributing this year’s Chivas Venture $1 million fund evenly amongst the 26 global finalists. The Chivas Venture has been in operation for six years and it provides $1m in no-str...
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Major investment for 'Rest Less', the jobs, volunteering, advice and money information site for the over 50s Investment news from Rest Less, a social enterprise startup offering jobs, volunteering and guidance for the over 50s, with the announcement that it has just raised £3 million in seed funding. Rest Less launched in December 2018 as an online platform, specifically target...
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Thriftify is an online platform that connects the most sustainable & ethical source of goods with consumers who care... Charity shops can be of great value. Not only does the money spent in them go to good causes and make a difference, but shoppers can encounter some great finds that they didn’t know they wanted. Millions of products are donated to charity shops every year, but a lot of...
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Ticketpass are aiming to lead the ethical ticketing movement, with their fair and social ticketing platform that puts people first... If you have ever used ticketing website to sell or buy tickets to events, you might understand how overpriced and inflexible such platforms are. Fees on top of the ticket itself can be extortionate and can result in you spending money you don’t really ...
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KeepAppy, a personal wellness app, designed to empower users to take control of their mental and physical wellbeing, was recently selected to participate in this year’s Launchbox in association with Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace in Dublin. We took a look... By enabling people to track all of the vitals that most impact an individual’s wellbeing, KeepAppy is a wellness app t...
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Cracked It, is a social enterprise staffed by young ex-offenders and at-risk youths, teaching them marketable phone repair skills and providing the means and opportunity to make money. For things that can cost insane amounts of money, smartphones certainly tend to break a lot. Did you drop your phone? The screen is broken. Sit on it? The screen’s broken. Look at it too hard? Screen’s ...
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Farm From a Box - The San Francisco social enterprise that has created a complete off-grid toolkit for a sustainable 2-acre farm - in a big box.  We have written previously about the difficulties of farming and some solutions that are being offered by startups, most recently with Small Robot Company. Farmingis, suffice to say, hard work in the best of cases. Good location, weather, soil, etc...
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Work for Good - the platform designed to make it easier for SME businesses to give to the charities and causes they care about. Giving is good. Few things, excluding fudge, make us feel better than doing good, making a difference, changing people’s lives - usually for the better, except when they deserve it, Gary. Plenty of businesses give to charity, totally out of goodness and not tax pur...
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Over the last few years, we’ve all become increasingly aware of the extent of food waste in the UK and the serious problem it has become. As with all such problems, there is an inherent need for us all to do what we can to find a solution. Step forward therefore our latest startup of the week which is on a mission to do just that by proactively fighting food waste. Oddbox is a London based...
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