It’s been five turbulent months since people around the world flooded Instagram with a sea of black squares. In that time, we’ve watched the effigy of a slave trader plunge into Bristol harbour; we’ve seen offensive tv episodes pulled offline and scrolled through a swell of hasty public apologies. We’ve…

Our programmes generated 50 social ventures, each with a new angle on a tricky problem. — Backed by UnLtd, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Bethnal Green Ventures, among others, these charities and social enterprises have been recognised with the Next Billion EdTech prize at the Global Education and Skills Forum, the Teach First Innovation Award, the Centre for Social Justice Social Enterprise of the Year Award…

Social entrepreneurs need much of the same support as regular entrepreneurs. Sales, finance, product development, industry expertise, and funding are all core skills. But they also face a range of unique challenges that come with the territory. — Year Here holds over a decade of valuable knowledge on how to support social entrepreneurs to start ventures, thrive in work and scale impact. We want to share our learning to support the current and future initiatives designed to nurture social entrepreneurs.

Sharing learning from Year Here’s Co-Chairs Zoë Whyatt and Sneh Jani Patel gained as they co-led the Year Here board through the final year of our Fellowship. — The case for co-leadership is often made around flexibility. Creating part-time roles, particularly in senior positions, is good for diversity, especially for the advancement of women who are parents or people who have other caregiving responsibilities. …

Exploring the lived reality of a just transition during a cost-of-living crisis. — Throughout the Summer of 2022, the news was heavily dominated by headlines about both the unprecedented rise in consumer prices and the increasingly visible impacts of ecological breakdown. …

The role of social innovation in tackling the growing financial vulnerability pandemic — The Financial Conduct Authority found that the Covid-19 pandemic left over a ¼ of UK adults with lower financial resilience. The results of a survey carried out in October 2020 revealed that 27.7 million adults in the UK have characteristics of vulnerability such as poor health, low financial resilience and…

2021/22 Year Here Fellows explore the insights gained from working with young people looking for green jobs. — The UK government set out an ambition to have 2 million ‘green jobs’ by 2030 — from electric vehicle manufacture in the Midlands to construction and installation of offshore wind farms around the coast and retrofitting homes across the country. …

Founders of four Year Here ventures working towards accessible and inclusive employment offer their insight and advice. — We know the working landscape in the UK is not an even playing field. Systemic barriers like disability and chronic illness, contact with the justice system, and lack of access to education and opportunity play a huge part in widespread unemployment. In fact, around two and a half million people…

As we start to wrap up, we’re inviting our Founders to share their experience, advice and insights into launching a business. Here, Monica Pun from Spedal and Jon Conradi from Mosaic share how they built their businesses and how they’re continuing to evolve. — As the climate crisis deepens, the amount of environmentally-focused ventures emerging from Year Here has increased, with several businesses joining our portfolio in the past two years. Despite Year Here coming to a close, we know that our ventures will continue to deliver impact for many years to come.