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…

Ten years after we launched, we’ve changed our selection criteria to build more professionally diverse cohorts than ever. — It’s been ten years since we launched Year Here as a leadership programme for ambitious people who are fired up about social change. Since then, we’ve been overwhelmed with the collective progress of our community: over 18,000 service users reached, 50 new social ventures, thousands of column inches and dozens…

Ten years after we launched, we’ve changed our selection criteria to build more professionally diverse cohorts than ever. — It’s been ten years since we launched Year Here as a leadership programme for ambitious people who are fired up about social change. Since then, we’ve been overwhelmed with the collective progress of our community: over 18,000 service users reached, 50 new social ventures, thousands of column inches and dozens…

Find out who will be pitching at Crowdbacker this Friday, April 1st — After Spring Crowdbacker 2022, we’ll officially have 50 ventures on the Year Here portfolio — an exciting milestone for our tenth year as a business. This Friday, 1st April, we’re launching the five new social enterprises our 2021 Fellows have been testing and building over the past four months. The…

Find out who will be pitching at Crowdbacker this Friday, April 1st — After Spring Crowdbacker 2022, we’ll officially have 50 ventures on the Year Here portfolio — an exciting milestone for our tenth year as a business. This Friday, 1st April, we’re launching the five new social enterprises our 2021 Fellows have been testing and building over the past four months. The…

Before buying gifts for our loved ones this year, we take a moment to reflect on the history of Mother’s Day. — Each year when Mother’s Day rolls around, we’re faced with the commercial holiday it’s become, complete with Hallmark cards and expensive flowers. However, the holiday as we know it now actually has a feminist history rooted in radical social change. In 1858, an American woman and mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis…

Martin Burrows of Inclusive Insight explores new research commissioned by Homeless Link on how social enterprises can ensure the way they work is fair for those involved. — In a system that can often be ‘unfair’, it’s important that organisations working with people experiencing homelessness embrace fairness in the way they work. New research explores how involvement in charitable trading can be fair for all.

2021 Fellow and founder of new venture Mosaic, Jon Conradi, explains the power and potential of rewilding in the UK. — When I was young, I used to collect feathers. Like many children, I found birds fascinating and magical. An easy wildness all around, yet just out of reach. Now I’m grown up, it can be difficult to recapture the magic of life surrounding us. Surprise encounters with foxes and bursts…

Four weeks since its launch, Year Here CEO, Zoe Stanton provides the first update of our Purpose Review project — This is the first update of our Purpose Review project, four weeks since we kicked off. This update focuses on process and progress, and our future updates will share more about what we are learning. Since launching the Purpose Review, we’ve had a fantastic response. Thank you for all the…