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WISE100 Women in Social Enterprise Awards 2025 - just a handful of tickets remaining! The #WISE100 Social Business Women of the Year celebration event is on Thursday 27 March 2025 in Glasgow. Be part of an inspiring event, honouring the UK’s top 100 women in social enterprise, impact investing and purpose-led business. Tickets are free but limited – reserve yours now! https://lnkd.in/eT4THHkv NatWest Social & Community Capital

What happened in the #impact world this week? 🍦 Ice-cream company Ben & Jerry’s relations with parent company Unilever get frostier 🇬🇧 UK’s Community Interest Company Regulator gets streamlined 😡 Social enterprise anger as employer national insurance contributions tax exemption denied and more... Don't miss out, read it now: https://lnkd.in/e4ZzGNqe #socent

NEW: Trump order threatens to ‘cut legs out from’ CDFI Fund, say campaigners One of the US president’s latest executive orders could deal a blow to community development financial institutions, which offer capital to underserved entrepreneurs and businesses. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eH5kp6H6 CDFI Coalition | Opportunity Finance Network | Mark Warner | Harold Pettigrew, Jr. | U.S. Impact Investing Alliance #CDFI #CDFIFund

📣Olympic sportswoman to join #WISE100 Women in Social Enterprise Awards 📣 We’re excited to share that Olympic sportswoman-turned-social entrepreneur, Kirsty Gilmour, will be at our #WISE100 celebration event next week. Find out more and see who this year’s finalists are:  https://lnkd.in/eKPC5tap NatWest Social & Community Capital

We’ve announced the shortlist for this year’s #WISE100 Women in Social Enterprise Awards! See who’s in the running here: https://lnkd.in/eKPC5tap

NEW: Our #WISE100 Women in Social Enterprise 2025 top 100 and ‘Ones to Watch’ has been announced. See who's in this year's list of the leading women in UK social enterprise and impact investing! https://lnkd.in/eSz9VUk2 NatWest Social & Community Capital | #SocialEnterprise

When youth centres close, communities lose vital support. But one London music studio is stepping up to fill the gap. Read how Sirlute is building hope through creativity: https://lnkd.in/e5XihFmv #SocEnt | #SocialEnterprise | Trinity Hall | Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation | JR Josephs

NEW: The finalists of the WISE100 Women in Social Enterprise Awards 2025 have been revealed! 💫 Find out who they are here: https://lnkd.in/eKPC5tap The winners will be announced on 27 March in Glasgow. Special guests at the awards ceremony will include social business trailblazer Susan Aktemel and Olympic sportswoman-turned-social entrepreneur Kirsty Gilmour 🪩 Join the waitlist to attend here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKZ5UcQC 👩💻 Book you online ticket here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eDDR3amZ In partnership with NatWest Social & Community Capital. #WISE100

[Partner post] Event: Good Finance UK is proud to be hosting Good Finance Live, a one-day hybrid event taking place on 29th April 2025 in Friends House, Euston, London & online. Find out why social enterprise leaders actively looking for social investment should take time out their busy schedules to attend in this blog post: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eWcqhdC3 #SocialInvestment #SocialImpact

"To read and read again" - so says one of the comments in this thread. Check out Michael Solomon's deep-dive article in Pioneers Post about the impact of the Trump 2.0 era on those of us aiming to do business for good...