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Notes on inequality and social entrepreneurship from Year Here, the postgrad course for emerging entrepreneurs to test + build solutions to some of society’s toughest problems.
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Closing our Doors
Closing our Doors
Our decision to close Year Here after ten years
Year Here
Jul 19, 2022
Reflecting on our Family of Fellow-Founded Social Ventures
Reflecting on our Family of Fellow-Founded Social Ventures
Our programmes generated 50 social ventures, each with a new angle on a tricky problem.
Year Here
Nov 11, 2022
This is the world as it is. This is where you start
This is the world as it is. This is where you start
Our profile of Londoners whose prospects hang in the balance
Year Here
Mar 8, 2016
Spring Crowdbacker 2022: Introducing the five new social ventures
Spring Crowdbacker 2022: Introducing the five new social ventures
Find out who will be pitching at Crowdbacker this Friday, April 1st
Year Here
Mar 31, 2022
Social change happens with people — not to them.
Read our Fellows’ frontline dispatches
From the frontline
From Plumber to Carer
From Plumber to Carer
Ron is 78 years old and Somer’s Town born and bred. After a successful career as a self-employed plumber he has recently retired.
Sneh Jani-Patel
Mar 8, 2016
On Dignity: Facing the reality of life before death
On Dignity: Facing the reality of life before death
Louise Ellaway on her experiences at a North London Care UK home.
Year Here
Mar 24, 2015
Generation COVID: what does the future hold for UK youth?
Generation COVID: what does the future hold for UK youth?
Today is A Level results day. With announcements of a recession cruelly landing on National Youth Day yesterday, how is the young COVID…
Year Here
Aug 13, 2020
Francis, The Gardener
Francis, The Gardener
The rider, gardener, DJ and fundraiser at the Bromley By Bow Centre
Miranda Dixon
Nov 7, 2015
It’s not enough to be right, you have to be powerful
It’s not enough to be right, you have to be powerful
An interview with Tom Chigbo.
Jack Graham
Feb 11, 2019
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Beyond the black square: Our anti-racist commitments
Beyond the black square: Our anti-racist commitments
It’s been four turbulent months since people around the world flooded Instagram with a sea of black squares.
Year Here
Nov 10, 2020
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: tales from the road and a call for travel companions
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: tales from the road and a call for...
Join us on our journey of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Year Here
Oct 5, 2021
Us and White Supremacy: Tackling anti-racism as a team
Us and White Supremacy: Tackling anti-racism as a team
No one can deny that this year has opened many people’s eyes to the necessity of anti-racism work.
Sophie Slater
Oct 13, 2020
From banana bread to abolition
From banana bread to abolition
With mounting distrust in existing systems, and bizarre new circumstances, our world has fundamentally changed.
Sophie Slater
Jun 26, 2020
The Sewell Report: Why public health is an unlevel playing field
The Sewell Report: Why public health is an unlevel playing field
Hector Smethurst of Appt Health reflects on how the Sewell Report on institutionalised racism misses the mark in one of its main areas —…
Hector Smethurst
May 26, 2021
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