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Paul Burns, CEO at Tees Music Alliance joined us for our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Arts, Culture and Heritage event as part of our 'Hear From a Peer' panel. Listen to his experiences of social investment.

On this episode of our latest podcast series, we explore social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, you can hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hope and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role.
In this episode, Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Chief Officer at the Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) speaks to Good Finance about the fantastic work of the organisation. CAHN was set-up in 2017 with the ambition to eradicate health inequalities experienced by the black community in Greater Manchester. Charles talks to us about the vital work of CAHN during the pandemic, how his enterprise plans to navigate and live with the challenges posed now and in the future and how he plans to continue to support Caribbean and African communities now in and the future.
You can find out more about CAHN here: https://www.cahn.org.uk/

Think2Speak is an organisation who works to empower LGBTQ children, young people and their families - amplifying their voices, providing support and offering hope.
In this podcast, we hear from Chief Executive and Founder Lizzie Jordan who shares more about the work of her organisation.

Our Digital Marketing Officer Festus spoke with social entrepreneur and founder of Nemi Teas, Pranav Chopra. In this podcast we discuss a range of things from tea blends to blended capital, his relationship with social investors UnLtd, as well as the positives drawn from office and working closures amidst the lockdown. Tune in to discover the 'hole in the wall'.

On this episode of our latest podcast series, we explore social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, you can hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hope and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role.
In this episode, hear from Craig Thomas of Steam Hubs and Pubs CIC - a live music community pub that braved taking on repayable finance as the covid-19 pandemic hit....yes, their investor thought they were ambitious too! Discover how lockdown truly transformed The Old Abbey Tap House into the community pub it always aspired to be.
You can find out more here: theoldabbeytaphouse.co.uk/

In this episode of our latest podcast series, we explore social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, you can hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hope and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role.
On this episode, hear from Jon Eno, Founder and CEO of Hot Music House, an inspirational musical leader. Hot House Music is a social enterprise that believes all young people deserve the right to inspirational music education and operating in schools across the UK, they deliver music lessons in a way that is accessible to all. As the covid-19 pandemic took hold, schools began to shut and Hot House Music lost their revenue overnight. Find out how, using creativity, agility, and positivity to meet the challenges of the pandemic and continued to deliver its fantastic mission.
You can find out more about Hot House Music here: hhmusic.co.uk/

The third podcast in our latest series explores social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hopes and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role.
In this episode, Sue Wynne, CEO of Rotherham RIse speaks to Good Finance about the fantastic work of her charity that provides a range of support services to adults and children who have experienced domestic abuse. Rotherham Rise, like so many charities, has faced challenges during the coronavirus pandemic, from opening their wonderful new café and social space just weeks before lockdown to re-shaping how they support domestic abuse survivors with face-to-face interactions taken away.
You can find out more about Rotherham Rise here: rotherhamrise.org.uk/

The second podcast in our latest series explores social investment in a changing world. Throughout this series, hear from six brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hopes and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role.
In this episode, Davie Parks, Managing Director, speaks to Good Finance about The Skill Mill, a not-for-profit social enterprise providing social employment opportunities for young people aged 16-18. The Skill Mill works with young offenders who face a number of significant challenges, with its programmes helping to bring a transformational impact. After three years of negotiation, The Skill Mill was weeks away from signing a social outcomes contract when the pandemic unnerved local authority service commissioners. Designed to help 220 young people to break the cycle of re-offending and gain valuable work experience, a global health pandemic was not going to get in the way of this contract going ahead!
You can find out more about The Skill Mill here: www.theskillmill.org/

In this series we hear from brilliant charity and social enterprise leaders on their experiences, hopes and fears for the future and how social investment has or might play a role.
In this episode, John French, Chief Operating Officer, speaks to Good Finance about Fuse Events, a social enterprise events business that delivers socially responsible, world-changing events. But what happens to your business which centres around staging world-changing events when the UK goes into lockdown?
As Fuse Events found out, as a lean, trading social enterprise they didn’t qualify for emergency funding. Listen to this fascinating insight into how Fuse Events have responded to industry challenges and their predictions for how we’ll experience live events in the future.
You can find out more about Fuse Events, the company behind the Social Enterprise Awards, here - fuseevents.org/

In this episode of #AChangingWorld, I chat with Suzie who founded The Good Loaf – a social enterprise based in a town close to my heart in Northampton. The town is nationally known for it shoes but Suzie talks to us about how her Artisan bakeries supports vulnerable women through employment opportunities to help break the cycle in poverty, offending and unemployment. Listen now to find out more.