Podcasts and videos

In this meeting of our Social Enterprise Women’s Leadership Network, we are joined by Dr Sharon Zivkovic and Cathy Brown who looked at the topic of neurodivergence in women’s leadership.


In this meeting of our Social Enterprise Mark Higher Education Institution (HEI) Network, Wray Irwin from the University of Northampton looks at how HEIs can embed social impact and how accreditation can help with this.


In the latest instalment of our Social Enterprise Women’s Leadership Network, we were joined by Jennifer Wilkins from New Zealand, who looked at the topic of degrowth.


On the first anniversary of our Social Enterprise Women’s Leadership Network (International Women’s Day 2022), we welcomed Daniela Papi Thornton, who spoke about systems change and social entrepreneurship.


In this Scale Up: Scale Out edition of our virtual coffee morning sessions, we were joined by Ishita Ranjan of Good Finance and social entrepreneurs Julius Ibrahim and Kate Welch to explore growth options for social enterprises.


Lucy Findlay joins Kat Luckock on the Share Impact podcast to talk about dealing with the recruitment crisis – how it’s impacting social enterprises and tips on how to address it.


In this online masterclass, Andrea Pacini of Ideas on Stage UK shares a simple, proven method for preparing and delivering powerful presentations, online, on stage, or in the boardroom.


In the first in our 2022 series of virtual coffee morning sessions, we were joined by procurement specialist David Shields of Value Match UK and Julie Hawker of digital agency Cosmic to explore the topic of social procurement.


In the fourth meeting of our Women’s Leadership Network, we were joined by Kresse Wesling, who shared her experience of setting up and building successful social enteprise Elvis & Kresse.


In the third of our virtual coffee morning sessions, we were joined by Richard Allen of Integrated Care 24 and Andy Norris of the University of Westminster, to share their experience of the Social Enterprise Gold Mark assessment process.


In the second of our virtual coffee morning sessions, we were joined by Anna Smith of Forward Carers and Gary Jarvis of The Growth Company to share their experience of our social impact assessment.


In the third meeting of our Women’s Leadership Network, Vicki Saunders of SheEO joins us from Canada to talk about how women leaders can support each other to create a new playing field.


Lucy Findlay speaks at a virtual conference organised by the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Social Enterprise Network, which brought together a range of industry professionals to discuss the future of social enterprise.


Lucy Findlay joins Matthew Guest and Greg Wade for a discussion about the Knowledge Exchange Concordat, part of a series of interviews run by GuildHE and Universities UK.


Lucy Findlay joins Sean Fielding of Praxis Auril for a discussion on the place of universities as social enterprises and how that fits with Knowledge Exchange activities.


Lucy Findlay joins Simon and Murphy to discuss the role of social enterprise in the homeless sector for the This Much We Know podcast, which features experienced social entrepreneurs.


Lucy Findlay joins Cat Wildman of The Global Equality Collective to discuss the factors contributing to the UK’s persistent gender gap in business, including women’s confidence, leadership, and boardroom culture.


Lucy Findlay joins CSR-Accreditation and WhatImpact for a panel discussion, exploring the role social enterprises can play in corporate CSR and how to build mutually beneficial partnerships.


Lucy Findlay joins Social Enterprise East of England for a webinar looking at how accreditation can help in the journey towards articulating social impact better.


Sophie Short joins Sara Osterholzer for this webinar, which looks at legal structures for social enterprises and the considerations when choosing one.


Sophie Short speaks on this webinar with Sara Osterholzer, which gives an introduction to social enterprise and busts common myths around definitions, structures and finance models etc.


Lucy Findlay speaks on the Flourish Together podcast, where she shares how social enterprise support infrastructure organisations have been responding to Covid-19.


Quote from Lucy Findlay; "What the time of Covid has allowed us to do is really go back and drill down into some of our partnerships and say 'how is it that we can add value? And rather than competing with each other, where is it that we can use our collective points and unique points to build a better world?'"

Lucy Findlay speaks to Erinch Sahan for the WFTO podcast about how social enterprises are coping during Covid-19 and their vision of a world populated by more mission-led enterprises.


Lucy Findlay speaks on a CIP and Supply Change panel session looking at the future of social enterprise after the COVID-19 pandemic.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Ben Carpenter of Social Value UK about why social value is important to her and Social Enterprise Mark CIC.


Lucy Findlay speaks about social entrepreneurship at the Chamber of Business in Novosibirsk during a peer exchange visit to Siberia in March 2020.


Lucy Findlay speaks to young entrepreneurs Anna and Ilia from the Novoterra network of social entrepreneurs, during a tour of  Novosibirsk social enterprises on a recent trip to Russia.


Lucy Findlay speaks on the WonkHE Show podcast, which looks at new guidance from the Office for Students on access and participation plans, and new data on sexual misconduct on campus.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Kat Luckock for the Share Impact ‘Why Social Enterprise’ virtual summit, which features experts around the world talking about their different perspectives of why social entrepreneurship is needed and the difference it is making.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Daniella Genas for the She’s The Boss interview series, talking about dealing with conflict, politics, and the challenges of running a social enterprise.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Amedeo Watson for the Impact Boom podcast, talking about the story behind the Social Enterprise Mark, and sharing insights into government collaboration, impact measurement and running a social business.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Kat Luckock for the Share Impact podcast, talking about the role social enterprises have to play in setting higher standards, developing new and alternative business practices, and challenging business to do better for  society.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Jamie Veitch for the Business Live radio show, talking about how business can be a force for good, using examples from the Social Enterprise Mark network.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Rhys Morgan for the Social Good podcast, talking about her social enterprise journey and plans for the future.


Lucy Findlay speaks to Tony Loyd for the Social Entrepreneur podcast, talking about a different way of doing business with social enterprise.


Sophie Short speaks to Sian Conway for the Ethical Hour podcast, talking about how to spot an ethical business, how the social enterprise model works and role of independent accreditations.


Lucy Findlay comments on the gender pay gap and calls on social enterprises to be transparent with their own pay differential data.


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