Meet our October 2024 placement organisations
During their time on the Associate Programme, our Associates work in two purpose-driven organisations and get hands-on experience with challenging industry projects. Placement hosts can be social enterprises, social divisions of for-profit companies or commercially minded charities. But who are these organisations and how do they make an impact? (Drumroll…) Please meet our October 2024 placement organisations!
BAFTA
BAFTA is a leading arts charity focused on championing creativity, opportunity and social change for all through the transformative power of film, games and television. They champion practitioners in film, games and television, regardless of background and life experience. They provide community for their members and strive for progressive industry and cultural practices and they recognise exceptional storytelling through their awards.
Find out more here.
Albert
Albert is a BAFTA owned and industry backed organisation and the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability.
Founded in 2011, they support the film and TV industry to reduce the environmental impacts of production and to create content that supports a vision for a sustainable future. They offer online tools, training, events, practical guidance and thought leadership to all screen industry professionals with the aim of helping them to identify and act upon opportunities on and off screen that will lead to effective climate action.
Find out more here.
Better Society Capital
Better Society Capital is an independent financial institution with a social mission, set up to help grow social investment in the UK. Their aim is to improve the lives of people in the UK by connecting investment to charities and social enterprises that are creating social change.
Find out more here.
Bridges Outcomes Partnership
Bridges Outcomes Partnerships is a not-for-profit social enterprise. Over the last decade, they have been partnering with pioneering Government officials, NGOs, social investors and impact-driven organisations globally to develop a new model for the delivery of human and environmental services.
By taking a more collaborative, more flexible approach – while retaining very clear accountability – outcomes partnerships have delivered better outcomes for people and the planet, and better value for public money.
Find out more here.
C40 Cities
C40 Cities is a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using an inclusive, science-based and collaborative approach to cut their fair share of emissions in half by 2030, help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C, and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities.
Find out more here.
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
As the dedicated department to the UK’s cultural, media, sporting, tourism and charity sectors, DCMS are growing the economy and enriching lives across the country. At DCMS, they deliver an incredible impact on people’s everyday lives - from supporting local museums, galleries, cinemas and theatres to delivering sports pitches and youth facilities, or backing charities making a huge difference right across the country. These are the things that bring pride to local areas, deliver huge health and wellbeing benefits, and make life worth living.
Find out more here.
eBay UK
eBay’s aim is to tackle the (structural) exclusion of marginalised communities from economic opportunity by using their business to facilitate and advocate for change. They want to utilise their strengths as a business to support people to develop new livelihood opportunities by targeting groups that face the most significant barriers to entering the labour market. Alongside this work they want to provide a platform to those businesses that are driving inclusion by helping them grow, as well as using their voice and elevate the movement, most prominently through their eBay for Change programme, as well as their inclusive entrepreneurship programme of work which focuses on supporting Black women entrepreneurs, refugee entrepreneurs and budding young sneaker sellers to develop their businesses through ecommerce.
Find out more here.
Moorfields NHS Foundation Trust
Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist NHS eye hospital run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. They are the oldest and largest centre for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and research in Europe.
With more than 2,500 staff they are proud to be supported by one of the most diverse workforces in the NHS. Every year they treat more than 700,000 patients at City Road in central London and at their 21 satellites sites, and, in partnership with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre they lead one of the most impactful ophthalmic research programmes in the world.
Find out more here.
Mutual Value Labs
Business for Good, Good for Business. Mutual Value Labs equips companies to drive superior value creation through the Economics of Mutuality operating model. Their digitally enabled consulting capabilities, proprietary tools, and leadership development programs empower you to enhance business performance by profitably addressing societal and environmental challenges.
Find out more here.
NatWest Social & Community Capital
NatWest Social & Community Capital is NatWest’s social enterprise lending charity that provides loan finance for social enterprises and community businesses unable to access mainstream finance. The organisation manages a range of partnerships with organisations which encourage the increasingly thriving, growing and connected not for profit and social enterprise sector.
Find out more here.
Challenge Works
Challenge Works is the new name of Nesta Challenges. They are a social enterprise founded by the UK’s innovation agency Nesta. For a decade, they have established themselves as a global leader in the design and delivery of high-impact challenge prizes that incentivise cutting-edge innovation for social good. In the last 10 years, they have run more than 80 prizes, distributed £84 million in funding and engaged with 12,000 innovators.
Find out more here.
ReGenerate
ReGenerate is an exciting charity with a big ambition to make purpose-driven business the new normal. Together with a senior network of business and government leaders they identify how businesses can profitably solve the big social and environmental issues of our age, and work with those leaders to drive business action and educate the government on how they can support this purpose-driven business approach. Together, they are committed to unlocking the power of business to profitably do good.
Find out more here.
Save the Children UK
Save the Children exists to help every child reach their full potential. In over 100 countries, they make sure children stay safe, healthy and keep learning. Across Save the Children’s members around the world, their shared ambition is that by 2030, no child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday, all children learn from a quality basic education, and violence against children is no longer tolerated. They tackle big problems, but know that every child is different, and every one of them has something special to bring to the world.
Find out more here.
Social Finance Limited
Social Finance are an ambitious not for profit organisation that helps to design, fund and scale better solutions to complex social problems. Their vision is a fairer world where together the unleash the potential of people and communities. They do this by working in partnership with local and national governments, funders, communities and the social sector to tackle complex and enduring social problems in the UK and across the world.
Find out more here.
United Learning
United Learning are a group of over 100 schools which aims to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. They seek to improve the life chances of all the children and young people they serve and make it their mission to bring out 'the best in everyone' – students, staff, parents and the wider community. Uniquely, their Group includes significant numbers of schools in both the public and the private sectors, working together for mutual benefit.
Find out more here.
VISA
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year.
Their mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.
The Visa Sustainability Solution Team aims to accelerate sustainable consumption and behaviours by driving sustainable commerce as they work towards inventing products that will fuel the change they seek, while embedding sustainability solutions in everything they do. They aim to leverage the right partners, to have a massive impact through their network, data, and reach.
Find out more here.