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Daniel Hutt is an April 2020 On Purpose Associate, currently on placement with the UK Impact team at Save the Children UK.An incredibly positive response to the pandemic has been the movement of thousands of volunteers across the UK to join local...

On Purpose Associate, midway through her second placement at digital career coaching social enterprise, Stay Nimble, having spent 6 months at Big Society Capital for her first placement.As social distancing measures begin to ease and we witness...

Lydia Levy is an October 2019 On Purpose Associate, currently on placement with the Centre for Social Impact Bonds at the Government Inclusive Economy.Each week of the lockdown brings news of another household name going out of business and it’s...

By Reka Budai, On Purpose 2016 October Fellow, currently working in education and supporting social enterprises to get started with their impact measurement.If you open up any news site nowadays, you will surely find at least one article about...

In my recent letter I wrote: Now is the time to learn because we are making miracles happen. Air pollution is plummeting, carbon emissions are dropping, we are providing basic incomes and realising who creates the real value in our economy.Take...

For me, undertaking a career change has involved a lot of unpicking of expectations about how to best discover — and transition to — my ideal career.It’s difficult to pinpoint where these expectations came from. Perhaps from well-meaning advice...

In my recent letter I wrote: Now is the time to hope because the darker it gets the brighter hope shines. Hope is spreading right now; through the virality of kindness, the organisation of communities and the generosity of strangers.Ground your...

In my recent letter I wrote: Now is the time to face up to reality because for too many people, reality is tough right now. As the hospitals flood, the dole queues will swell, and the foodbanks, counselling services, and women’s shelters will be...

In my recent letter, I wrote: Now is the time to care because we are not so much isolating as taking care of each other. It is the biggest act of solidarity we have known: for the vulnerable and the venerable, the clinicians and the carers, the...

This is part three of a three part series. You can read parts one and two here.The case for worker cooperatives is not best made by showing increases in productivity, improved resilience to financial downturns, lower staff turnover or any other...

This is part two in a three part series. You can read part one here.Whilst it is easy to cherry pick individual examples of worker cooperatives, it is important to acknowledge that cooperatives can and do fail albeit at a lower rate. A report by...

Democracy: The fragile and beleaguered heart of modern British society. The legitimacy of the state rests perilously atop its broad shoulders. We insist on it, we fight for it, we shout, scream, protest and campaign when our democratic rights are...