The concept of social enterprises has a long history, albeit manifested under different names and forms.

The backlash against the deficiencies of capitalism in recent years has accentuated the development of social enterprises around the world. However, there is still not a shared consensus on what social enterprises are.

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In the UK, approximately 40,200 adults leave prison after serving less than 12 month sentences.  It costs taxpayers £213 million per year for the prisons yet 73% of these offenders reoffend within 2 years of release as they unsuccessfully resettle into the community.  As government spending is focused on expensive interventions that deal with the consequences of the issue rather than…

With the rise of social enterprise, many in the sector believe the concept of charity is getting blurred. Stephen Cook reports on the debate and David Ainsworth analyses the various not-for-profit legal forms. Continue Reading

A volunteering scheme that matches London’s City-based businesses with community organisations has announced a new plan to support growing social enterprises. 

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Social enterpreneurship grows in area where neither innovation nor social and environmental problems are in short supply. Continue

(From SSIR) The founding chair of Big Society Capital explains how the UK’s social investment bank will harness entrepreneurship and capital to solve societal problems.  (READ…

A report true to real social innovation, published by the GSMA, a mobile industry body, called "Shaping the future - realising the potential of informal learning through mobile," explores mobile technology's potential to improve access to education for young people in developing…

The Monitor Group recently published an insightful study titled ‘From Blueprint to Scale’, in which they reviewed hundreds of examples of social sector inclusive businesses in Africa and Asia to answer the critical question on the role of philanthropy and impact investment in addressing social development challenges in developing and third world countries.

The Monitor study attempts to answer a key question: if market-based, socially inclusive solutions can make a wider social impact,…

The Unreasonable Institute, an incubator for social enterprise start-ups from around the world, has teamed up with Stanford’s d.school and the study abroad program Semester At Sea to offer a unique business development experience for technology-focused social entrepreneurs: the Unreasonable Institute at Sea.…

In Yangon an organisation, FXB Myanmar, gives vocational training and business opportunities to HIV-positive workers and women rescued from the Thai sex industry. A manufacturer of affordable foot pumps for irrigation, Proximity Designs, has a network of distribution channels to upcountry farmers that NGOs and government organisations envy. BusinessKind-Myanmar sells low-cost mosquito netting in malarial and dengue fever regions, and half of its work force is also…

Recorded live at the Guardian's Social Enterprise 2010 conference, this episode of the charity effectiveness podcast got under the skin of social enterprise – the role it plays in the UK today and the opportunities and challenges it brings

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A sustainable project to recycle forest biomass for heating is among new ideas that can turn community interest into profit

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(from their site) What Works aims to showcase new and untapped ways to make meaningful social change. Follow our global search, learn how people are finding new ways to unleash capacity and creativity, and share your own stories and experiences of making social change happen.…

Mark Joaquin RuizCo-Founder and President, Hapinoy/MicroVentures, Philippines wrote an article on HuffPost about 4 things social entrepreneurs can learn from Aung San Suu Kyi. Check it out here

Good.is, a leading social innovation and all good stuff portal, has write up an interesting article on how "The Mutual" a social enterprise is using incentives to trigger more giving from the online public through its 'perks' points programe!  please visit the story at …

(from EVPA site) This is the first report of the European Venture Philanthropy Industry. The purpose of the report is to provide key statistics on an industry that is still in the early stage of evolution. The survey was conducted by EVPA’s Knowledge Centre and will be repeated on an annual basis. EVPA acts as the main repository of data on the VP industry in…

Ideas Cube exhibition's final week at Crystal Design Center in Bangkok! Brought to you by MySocialMotion.org , an expressionist SE in Thailand. 

(from their site) IDEACUBES raises awareness for small, simple

ideas that anyone can take action to positively

impact our…

(From Huff Post) Has "social entrepreneur" become a career of choice? Twenty-five years ago, at the founding of Echoing Green, an organization that provides seed money and support to promising social entrepreneurs, young people wanted to be doctors, lawyers or business executives. (Read more..)

PlayPlanet, Korea's hot sustainable tourism SE is organizing a new walking tour programme in Seoul this weekend!  (Read more...)…