Meet our October 2026 host 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. Host organisations 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 2026 host organisations!
BAFTA
BAFTA is a world famous arts charity focused on supporting careers, driving progressive industry culture, celebrating excellence and inspiring the future of film, games and TV.
Uniquely positioned to support three core pillars of the screen industries they empower and advocate for creative talent at all stages of their careers. The only arts charity convening more than 12,000 extraordinary global members to create a thriving community of film, games and TV professionals, BAFTA is proud to champion talent, help lay the foundations for industry change and recognise exceptional storytelling.
Find out more here.
BAFTA Albert
Albert is a BAFTA owned and industry backed organisation and the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability. For fifteen years, BAFTA Albert has worked side‑by‑side with the UK’s screen community, helping transform the power of exceptional storytelling into measurable climate action – behind the scenes, on set and on screen.
Backed by BAFTA’s creative DNA and cross-industry expertise, their work continues to support and unite the film and TV community in making sustainable choices. Albert provides practical tools, clear standards, direct actions, and certification that recognises change, positive impact and progress.
Find out more here.
Belu Water
Belu is a drinks business that thinks differently. They’re a social enterprise and invest 100% of our profit in pursuit of our purpose: to change the way the world sees water. In fact, Belu has given £6.5m to WaterAid since 2011 to help do just that.
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.
Bloomsbury Football Foundation
Bloomsbury Football Foundation uses the magic of football to transform young people's lives. They give young people a place to play, a community to belong to, and the tools to move forward in.
Find out more here.
Bridges Impact Foundation
Bridges Impact Foundation's high-level mission is to ‘provide catalytic support for innovative solutions that drive better outcomes for underserved people and planet’. It was set up as an independent charity in 2009 to further enhance the shared sense of purpose of the Bridges team - channelling collective passion for social impact into philanthropic and investing action that go beyond the reach of Bridges' core investment activity. It uses financial as well as pro-bono support from the wider Bridges Group teams to support its charity partners and projects to become highly impactful, sustainable and scalable.
Find out more here.
Change Please
Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise and registered charity tackling homelessness through an employment-first model. Founded in 2015, the organisation uses coffee as a catalyst for change: creating training, employment and support opportunities that help people experiencing homelessness rebuild their confidence, stability and independence.
Through the Change Please Foundation, they provide practical barista training alongside tailored wraparound support, recognising that employment alone does not remove the complex barriers people can face. The Foundation’s programmes combine skills development and real work experience with support around housing, wellbeing, finances, access to services and employability.
Find out more here.
Copia Energy
Copia Energy builds and deploys battery storage systems at critical infrastructure sites, both giving them extended backup power and, by linking these batteries together into a Virtual Power Plant, and earning them revenue through participation in energy trading.
Copia Energy aspires to make a meaningful impact in two ways. First, they ensure that critical sites have the backup (powered renewably) that ensure that communities don't lose the services they rely on in the event of extreme weather or other interruptions. And secondly, they cut carbon: displacing diesel backup on-site, and adding the flexibility the power grid needs to absorb more renewable power and reduce the use of fossil-fuel powered electricity generation.
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.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan exists to do whatever it takes to help people living with cancer get the best care the UK has to offer, whoever and wherever they are. Alongside the direct support they provide, the organisation works to tackle the wider challenges facing cancer care and reduce inequalities in people's experiences and outcomes.
Find out more here.
NatWest Social & Community Capital
NatWest Social & Community Capital is an independent charity backed by NatWest to help social enterprises, charities and community businesses.
The purpose of the S&CC team is to provide support to businesses set up to tackle important social issues. They do this through offering financial and business support to social enterprises, and by creating partnerships that actively grow and promote the social enterprise sector.
Find out more here.
Social Finance
Social Finance is 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 they 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.
Systemiq
Systemiq is a system change company and certified B Corp, working to accelerate delivery of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The organisation operates across five systems - energy, nature and food, materials and circular economy, sustainable finance, and urban transformation - combining strategy, policy, market design and capital mobilisation to deliver real-economy impact.
Since 2016, Systemiq has grown to more than 300 people working across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Find out more here.
The Fore
The Fore is creating a society that solves its own problems. Each year the venture philanthropy fund provides funding and skills to the best grassroots charities and social enterprises in the UK and the organisation is growing.
Since 2017, The Fore has been backing the best grassroots leaders and solutions with astonishing results. So far over 50% of organisations supported eight years ago have gone on to influence policy, shape national conversations and change lives at scale.
Find out more here.
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We’re now recruiting host organisations for the April 2027 programme. If you're interested in hosting an Associate, book a call with Leah to find out more.