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It has been a busy and exciting couple of months for the On Purpose crew. We’ve revamped our website and started recruitment for the next group of Associates. Along the way On Purpose has been selected as a Deloitte Social Innovation Pioneer....

In this week’s blog, On Purpose Associate Charlotte Sewell (April 14) looks at how we can Christmas shop to support busines ses with a difference.

It’s Friday afternoon and we’re all at the Interface London showroom, which also happens to be my first On Purpose placement. I’m sitting there, trying to muster the…

18 months ago OnP Fellow Abi Childs started her yoga clothing brand with a partner. This week she tells us about her entrepreneurial adventure.

In 2009 a team of teachers set up Enabling Enterprise, a social enterprise that seeks to ensure students leave school equipped with the skills, experiences and aspirations they need to succeed in life. Constança Valadão…

Yesterday HCT Group has launched its Social Impact report 2009/10. I am quite proud to say that one of our Associates, Candice Motran, was one of the brains behind it. The report shows how a leading social enterprise, such as…

As Ferris Bueller famously warned us, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it”. As I approach the half-way stage…

I know it’s not good for my carbon footprint but the prospect of working at Santander might have initially conjured up images of meetings in Rio, Buenos Aires or at least Madrid. But where have I been since I started in January ? Leicester,...

Rebecca Rieley (April 2014 Associate) digests the ideas of thinkers from sustainable business, housing and Harry Potter to find a new way to approach social problems.

As I complete my first quarter as an On Purpose Associate, I realise how quickly I have become aware, plugged in and directly involved in a variety of activities surrounding social business, social investing and social entrepreneurs. It has proven…

After years of being on a one-woman mission to inspire sustainability, On Purpose Associate Lieke van Adrichem (October 2014), reflects on what it takes to be an individual or business that creates lasting social change.

April ’15 Associate Andy Smith tells us about his #BikeSocial Merseyside mini-adventure.