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Reka Budai writes about the On Purpose Feastival which she and her October 2016 cohort organised across four social enterprise restaurants in London, with over 100 diners enjoying their evening of food and conversation.As our On Purpose year...

Orlena Yee, On Purpose Associate in the April 2017 cohort and currently working at Community Links, writes about the dilemma of eating (or not eating) fish and her efforts to achieve a more sustainable lifestyle.I love fish. If a choice had to be...

Jo Alexander, who’s currently working as an Associate of the April 2017 cohort with A Blueprint for Better Business, reflects on economic inequalities, their extent and implications for our society.Economic inequality is a topic that I’m noticing...

Premila Sattianayagam, Associate of the April 2017 cohort in London, writes about her experience with African Prisons Project, which is her first placement, and her visit of prisons in Africa.Acknowledging the humanity:“If the world knew the...

Alex Watson, On Purpose Fellow, writes about the potential of companies, that put purpose before profit, to create social or environmental benefits and at the same time generate enough revenue to be financially sustainable.“We have four...

Tom Rippin is the CEO of On Purpose and writes about the hurdles that social enterprises need to overcome in order to have a global impact.The time of “heropreneurs” has past. Over the past decades there has been increasing glorification of the...

Jo Alexander, On Purpose Associate in the London April 2017 cohort, writes about the change in workplace culture she experienced when moving from a large multinational to a small charity. I used to work for a global oil and gas company, which was...

Marc Violo, London October 2016 Associate, summarises the digital tools for cost-effective and efficient marketing, sales and operation.In this day in age, all organisations should be digital by nature. Private, public, start-up or well...

Sajni Shah, London April 2017 Associate, writes about how her current placement HCT group helps children with special education needs to get to and back from school.“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at...

London Associates Katie Fish and Francesca Spoerry, who are currently in their placement with Big Society Capital, recently attended the Economist Impact Investing Europe conference, and here they share their three main takeaways from the...

Camilla Marcus-Dew, London April 2015 Fellow, works for CLARITY-The Soap Co., a social enterprise that creates employment for blind and disabled people, and writes about their newest range CLARITYeco.For any social enterprises, it’s important to...

I lived in a number of cosmopolitan mega-cities in life, in Asia and Europe. London is the latest one I had to accommodate myself with and adapt to. I was very excited at the prospect of settling in one of the world’s most vibrant capitals. A...