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Social Business Development
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  • Our Programmes
    • Connecting with Purpose
    • Leading with Purpose
  • Work with us
    • Large Organisations
    • Social Businesses
  • Case Studies
  • Contact Us
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Leading with Purpose

The programme creates lasting partnerships between social ventures and significant private sector organisations. Colleagues from large organisations use their individual business and life experiences to help social businesses think about their growth and how to thrive as a business, whilst addressing societal needs.

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Leading with Purpose delivers new thinking and greater capacity to some of the UK’s most dynamic social ventures. 


  • Deliver more of the talent and know-how within large organisations to help develop the social business sector.
  • Develop ambitious mid-level employees of large employers delivering strong CPD opportunities.
  • Enable leaders of dynamic social ventures to take advantage of new and varied skill sets and ideas. 
  • Amplify the ability of industry to deliver lasting and sustainable social impact. 

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How it works

  • We create Partnership Leads who work directly with each social business. They develop their skills, knowledge and professional networks whilst gaining a greater understanding of how businesses can tackle social issues. 
  • The programme is supported and structured to get the most out of individuals and organisations with each partnership typically lasting for a minimum of six months. 
  • Aimed at mid-career employees and working directly with social business leaders, each partnership is designed around predefined aims and objectives to create mutual benefit and opportunity. 
  • Supported learning and reflection also allows large organisations to gain a greater understanding of social issues, be more innovative and ethical, and through deliver measurable economic and social value. 

Connecting with Purpose

Our bespoke events, tackling some of the UK’s key social issues through collaboration between the private sector and social business.

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The collective power of industry

Continued Professional Development

Continued Professional Development

Large and small organisations collaborate and share knowledge, empowering social ventures and helping to evolve big businesses.

Continued Professional Development

Continued Professional Development

Continued Professional Development

Unique individual development opportunities that increase skills and aid internal networking, and increase social awareness.  

Social Value and Economic Impact

Continued Professional Development

Social Value and Economic Impact

Developing financially sustainable ways to deliver social value, greater economic activity, and measurable impact and change. 

Practical offers of support from colleagues, which included regular mentoring or hands-on support with addressing specific challenges


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