Migrateful, when cooking supports the integration of refugees

Cristina Barbetta

Migrateful is a social enterprise based in London that gives asylum seekers and refugees looking for a job a space to share the recipes of their countries, their culture and stories, giving them professional training and English lessons. In 2017 Jess Thompson, founder of Migrateful, was awarded for the project by Unltd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs

The Big Lemon, bottom-up solar powered electric bus service

Cristina Barbetta

The social enterprise has converted its fleet of old diesel buses into electric vehicles. The Big Lemon are finalists at the Social Enterprise Awards organised by Social Enterprise Uk. Their vision is that every community in the Uk by 2030 has access to zero-emissions public transport powered by renewable energy

Berlin, the foundation contributing to the development of the city

Cristina Barbetta

Born in Pfefferberg, an area that has become an important cultural and social centre, the Pfefferwerk Foundation has contributed to the regeneration of the site. It carries out and supports projects to help disadvantaged people enter the job market, in all areas of Berlin. Its experience has been selected by the European Economic and Social Committee as a story of innovative and successful social enterprise at European level

Social Enterprise World Forum underway

Staff

SEWF 2018 returns to Edinburgh, where it began 10 years ago. From the 12th to the 14th of September over 1000 delegates coming from tens of countries around the world will gather to share insights and learn from the example of Scotland, that has a vibrant social enterprise scene

Même, the cosmetics brand for women with cancer

Cristina Barbetta

The cosmetics brand dedicated to women who have cancer was born in Paris in 2015. Two young French entrepreneurs, Judith Levy and Juliette Couturier, have created it

This is how used tyres become shoes

Cristina Barbetta

Xinca is an Argentinian social enterprise that produces shoes recycling and reusing tyres and pieces of fabric. It includes in the production process people at risk of social exclusion, like inmates, single mothers and young people with drug problems

The social enterprise plastic fishing on Amsterdam canals

Cristina Barbetta

Plastic Whale fishes plastic waste on Amsterdam canals and at the port of Rotterdam, building then boats with recycled materials, with which they go plastic fishing. It’s the first professional plastic fishing company in the world

Change Please, when the homeless become baristas

Cristina Barbetta

The entrepreneur Cemal Ezel and The Big Issue, the world's most widely circulated street newspaper sold by homeless people, have launched a social enterprise helping the homeless, training them as baristas.

Social Enterprise World Forum arrives in New Zealand

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Since its 2008 debut in Scotland, it has been a mainstay for the global sector. The Social Enterprise World Forum is the annual international event for social enterprises from all over the world to come together, share wisdom, build networks and discuss how to create a more sustainable future

Prevent radicalisation: the role of civil society

Cristina Barbetta

The European Economic and Social Committee (Eesc) has organised a public hearing on “The role of civil society in the prevention of radicalisation of young people” in its headquarters in Brussels. The aim? Clarify how EU policy-makers can help civil society practitioners to successfully prevent radicalisation.