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The Social Investment Business, one of the largest social investors in the UK, exists to help the third sector do more of what it does best – supporting people and communities most in need. We help organisations prosper by providing innovative financial solutions, business support and long term strategic thinking.In 2011, we released a series of podcasts featuring interviews and discussions with key figures from the social investment sector.
Episodes
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An interview with Amanda Jones, SHINE, November 2011
Amanda Jones is co-founder of Red Button Design, one half of OxfordJam and the content curator for SHINE, the unconference for social entrepreneurs. An interview with Amanda Jones discusses SHINE the unconference for social enterpreneurs taking place in Global Entrepreneurship Week and how it has...
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An interview with Steve Wyler October 2011
Steve Wyler is the Chief Executive of Locality, a network for community-led organisations. An interview with Steve Wyler discusses social action and community organising and how to involve the general public in these areas. We speak to the Locality Chief Executive about community assets and asset...
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An interview with Rupert Evenett and Karl Richter
As a special edition of our popular 'an interview with...' podcast series we spoke to Making Good on Social Impact Investment authors Rupert Evenett and Karl Richter to find out about the motivations behind the report and its findings. Hear Rupert and Karl describe the state of the social...
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An interview with Simon Tucker September 2011
Simon Tucker is the Chief Executive of The Young Foundation – which brings together insights, innovation and entrepreneurship to meet social needs. Our interview with Simon Tucker addresses some of the barriers facing social entrepreneurs attempting to bring their idea to market and discusses the...
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An interview with Cliff Prior August 2011
Cliff Prior is the Chief Executive of UnLtd – The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs Our interview with Cliff Prior addresses a number of issues facing social entrepreneurs right now. Cliff gives advice to those thinking of starting a social venture during a recession, talks public service...
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An interview with Lord Victor Adebowale July 2011
In July we spoke to Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive of national social business Turning Point about the NHS Future Forum, social enterprise and the health sector and leadership. We find out the answers to those controversial questions...whether he prefers tennis or cricket.... Victor also...
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An interview with Nick Temple June 2011
We talk to Nick Temple, co-founder of POPse, the social enterprise think tank that ‘popped up’ for a week in May about social enterprise debate, the Big Society Bank and social impact. We find out the answers to those controversial questions...whether he prefers blogging or tweeting.... Nick also...
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An interview with Kate Bull May 2011
We talked to Kate about the business model behind ThePeople's Supermarket and the lessons they've learnt when setting up. We learn more about being a cooperative and member engagement as well as hearing her views on Big Society. We find out the answers to those controversial questions...whether…
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An interview with Rodney Schwartz April 2011
We talked to Rodney about the Big Society agenda and the opportunities it presents to social enterprise as well as discussing how the financial sector can be encouraged to become more involved in social investment. We find out the answers to those controversial questions...whether he prefers...
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An interview with Sam Conniff March 2011
We talked to Sam about what makes Livity unique to other communications agencies, the tough job market that young people are facing today and some of the larger campaigns that young people working at Livity have influenced. Sam also talks to us about his hopes for young people and social…
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An interview with Sophi Tranchell February 2011
This month we spoke to Sophi Tranchell, Managing Director at Divine Chocolate, the Fair Trade chocolate supplier. We talked to Sophi about what sets Divine apart from other chocolate manufacturers, the barriers involved in entering a large mature market and how social businesses can differentiate...
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An interview with Jonathan Lewis January 2011
We talked to Jonathan about his hopes and concerns for civil society organisations in 2011 and why he believes these organisations can benefit from and become more sustainable by adopting a business-minded approach. The music 'Autumn Day' that features on all the podcasts has been used under...
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An Interview with Matthew Taylor December 2010
We talked to Matthew about how the RSA fits in with the Big Society, his concerns for civil society organisations in these times of austerity and the elements he believes need to be in place to encourage innovation in public service delivery in the future. We find out the answers to the questions...
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An interview with Sir Stephen Bubb October 2010
We talked to Sir Stephen about some of the most pressing issues facing civil society organisations, what his concerns during these economic times are, we find out the answers to the questions you’ve all been dying to ask...whether he prefers hobnobs or digestives, umbrellas or hoods... The music...
About this show
The Social Investment Business, one of the largest social investors in the UK, exists to help the third sector do more of what it does best – supporting people and communities most in need. We help organisations prosper by providing innovative financial solutions, business support and long term strategic thinking.In 2011, we released a series of podcasts featuring interviews and discussions with key figures from the social investment sector.
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