Social Founders
Social Founders
What We Do
Social Founders connects, supports and promotes founders in the charity and social enterprise sectors. We are a global network supporting founders creating social impact.
We provide a mix of practical and personal support, connections, events, stories, information and inspiration.
We share stories across the media and other stakeholders, to inform and inspire wider audiences.
We connect and support Social Founders
Together we can grow our impact
We are a global network of founders across the charity, social enterprise, NGO, non-profit and community sectors.
We support, resource and connect with each other online and face to face to grow our skills and impact, and to inspire current and future social founders.
"The team helped Street Storage build a skeleton Strategy Plan for the coming 5 years, looking at different parts of the organisation, and providing in depth, useful and appropriate advice to a small charity like ours.
I am much less overwhelmed by Strategic Planning as a result!
A big thank you must go to the Social Founder Network for facilitating this and for always being an advocate for what we do. We are so grateful!”
Rachel Woolf, Founder & Director, Street Storage charity.
to hear more about our work.
We run networking events for Social Founders
Our network provides inspiration, support and connections.
We bring social founders together to share, learn, inspire, support and connect.
We've held events in London, Tokyo, New Delhi, Madrid, Rome, Paris and Colombo and more.
We've launched a new online monthly gathering for social founders: Social Founders Talk. It's a 1 hour 'fireside chat', where two founders talk about their founder journey, experiences and advice, with audience comment and questions.
We held our Summer Forum again in London, in-person on 4th July, hosted by EY.
Net Zero Champions
In October 2024: 40 founders joined us in-person, at JLL's office in central London: to hear from 4 speakers about how best to access funding to drive the sustainability agenda.
Local events
Since 2022 we've been holding in-person local gatherings for Hackney-based social founders, building a model to replicate in other localities - read about our Hackney events, donors and speakers.
“I received a lot of feedback from participants expressing how they felt moved and inspired, which made me realize once again that our work is truly needed globally. I also had the opportunity to learn about examples from around the world, making it a very meaningful experience. Furthermore, I received offers of collaboration and partnership, which allowed me to build new networks. I’m really glad I participated in the Japan Social Founders forum. Thank you so much.” Kazuto Chuma, founder, Ichi-High Hopes, Kyoto
Contact us if you're interested in us holding an event in your location.
to be sure of a place at our next events.
We share founder stories with wider audiences
Stories are a driver for social change
We tell the stories of social founders, providing information and inspiration to other founders, the media and wider audiences.
Listen to 'Social Founder Stories', our inspirational podcasts with social founders to hear what makes social founders tick, how they create impact, scale their organisation, what they struggle with, and how they overcome their challenges.
Be inspired by their drive, creativity, skills and resilience, as well as their impact stories.
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Read our blogs for thoughts, advice and musings from founders of charities and social enterprises.
Check out our Founder Gallery to read about, and connect with, just a few of our network, and some of those that came before us.
Contact us if you are a social founder with a story to share, or know of a founder who has inspired you.
to keep in touch.
