Our stories

I’ve been freelancing for 5 years or so now, so I’m very used to working to contract lengths and deadlines. In fact I love working to contracts. So why is On Purpose any different?

In a sector that shies away from definitions, Anna Patton, On Purpose Oct’14, finds one convincing view of what really makes a social entrepreneur — all the way from Mumbai.

I recently attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Enterprise where a great panel of speakers discussed the Public Services (Social Value) Act (PSA). The panel featured thoughts from Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society;...

The meeting got underway and it was difficult to keep up. An idea for a restaurant was to be taken to the next stage. A business plan needed drafting. Moreover, the restaurant’s profits would go back to fund community and local development projects…

Niall Smith, a 2011 On Purpose Fellow, recently attended one of the On Purpose training sessions and introduced us to the employability social network, Backr. Having launched the network with Participle, Niall and the Backr team are now working...

Parita Doshi, October 2012 Fellow, talks about her career change in an interview with Careershifters.

It’s July and we are officially past the half way mark of the On Purpose year. Our Associates have just bid fond farewells to their first placements and transitioned into their second placements. In between all the handovers we have amongst other...