Social Founders
Social Founders
Social Founder Events
We bring social founders and other interested stakeholders together -
to share, learn, inspire, support and connect.
Our next London Social Founder Forum is on 23rd May 2023 - book soon to be sure of a place!
EY London 23rd May 2023 08.30-12.00
Social founders from across our global network are welcome to join our next London Forum, in person on:
Tuesday 23rd May 2023, 08.30-12.00.
Hosted in EY's iconic Vista Suite, looking out over the River Thames, Tower of London and Tower Bridge, the event will bring social founders together in person for inspiration and connections, resilience and renewal - and a delicious breakdfast!
to be sure to hear about future events, features and Social Founder Stories
On Thursday 2nd March 2023 we held our 3rd local forum for Hackney Social Founders
Mete Coban MBE, Founder and Chief Executive of innvoative Hackney-based youth charity My Life My Say, and Hackney Council's Cabinet Member for Environment & Transport, talked to, and with, our Hackney-based social founders about his founder journey, joys and challenges.
Tickets were free thanks to our Hackney sponsors Hackney CVS, Urban MBA and SWIM Enterprises.
Hackney Social Founders: we have now held two gatherings for local Hackney-based social founders, hosted by Hackney CVS, on 1st November and 15th June 2022.
Hackney-based founders talked passionately about their founder journeys, sharing their impact, learnings and advice with other Hackney founders. Our speakers in November were Joyclen Buffong, founder and CEO of Rise:365 and Rachel Woolf, founder and CEO of Street Storage. Our speakers in June were Peter Merrifield, Founder and CEO of SWIM: Support When it Matters, and Abdi Hassan, Founder Director of Coffee Afrik.
Read more about Hackney Social Founders in our News section, including the report on our Hackney research, and the wonderful support to our founders from local Hackney businesses.
Be inspired by Joyclen Buffong's feature interview, Peter Merrifield's founder story, and Rachel Woolf's guest blog.
Hackney Social Founders is sponsored by Hackney CVS, Support When It Matters (SWIM) and Urban MBA.
Read about Kofi Oppong's vision and founder story as Founder & CEO of Urban MBA.
Thank you to all our supporters and donors to the first local branch of our global Social Founders network.
Contact Caroline if you are interested in creating a local branch in your area.
Our third London Social Founder Forum
was on 1st October in EY London's beautiful Vista Suite
We enjoyed breakfast, networking, inspirational speakers, debate and connections. Our speakers were Dr. Hany El-Banna OBE, co-founder of Islamic Relief, and Sarah Corbett, founder of the Craftivist Collective, author, campaigner, social media guru - and craftivist.
Social Founder Network
Launch in Madrid
September 2019
Impact Hub Picasso
Three inspirational social founders - Virginia Castello Castro from Musica en Vena, Alex Pastrana from Hemper, and Maria Luisa Fresno from Soulem - talked about their founder journeys to an audience of Spanish social founders, funders and friends at our Madrid launch in the stunning Impact Hub Picasso.
Social Founder Network in Tokyo
In March 2019 we launched in Tokyo
60 Japanese social founders, charity leaders, impact investors and interested friends came to our launch event at EdgeOf in Shibuya, Tokyo to hear from fascinating Japanese social founders, to debate founder issues and network over drinks and delicious food.
Our guest speakers were Mie Kajikawa, founder of Sport for Smile, and Aiko Odachi and Makoto Goda, co-founders of Nippon Biodiesel Fuel and Green Image Film Festival.
Our second London Social Founder Forum
EY London November 2018
30 Social Founders gathered at the Social Founder Network Breakfast Forum, hosted by EY London on 8th November, to network with other social founders, and hear the powerful story of Michelle Morgan, co-founder of Livity, and now founder of Pjoys.
Making History: Stories of Social Founders in the Voluntary Sector
Caroline Diehl gave a talk about Social Founders past and present to members & guests of the
Voluntary Action History Society
Social Founder Network
Launch in Sri Lanka
In July 2018 we launched in Colombo
40 Sri Lankan social founders and their colleagues joined our launch event in July 2018 at the Good Market in Colombo to debate founder issues and to network with founders from charities, foundations, social enterprises, corporate and community organisations.
We were delighted to be back in Colombo in January 2019 to speak at the Social Enterprise international conference in partnership with Social Enterprise Lanka and the British Council, and to hold another gathering of Social Founders at the Good Market.
Read about Sri Lankan social founders in our Founder Gallery
Social Founder Network
Launch in London
EY London July 2017
We were thrilled that EY hosted our first event in their iconic London HQ. 45 social founders, at all stages of their founder journeys, came together to share their stories, hear from inspirational speakers: Saeeda Ahmed, founder of Educations Partnerships UK; James Partridge OBE, Founder of Changing Faces; Gordon D'Silva OBE, founder of the Hoxton Apprentice and Training for Life; and Victoria Thornton OBE HonFRIBA, founder of Open House.
We developed key themes to take forward, and priorities for the new network.
Our next London Social Founder Forum is on 23rd May 2023 - book now!
EY London 23rd May 2023 08.30-12.00
Social founders from across our global network are welcome to join our next London Forum, in person or online, on:
Tuesday 23rd May 2023, 08.30-12.00.
Hosted in EY's iconic Vista Suite, looking over the River Thames, Tower of London and Tower Bridge, the event will bring 40 social founders together in person for inspiration and connections, resilience and renewal - and a delicious breakfast.
to be sure to hear about future events, features and Social Founder Stories
Future events
Contact us if you would like to discuss being involved in, speaking at, creating or sponsoring an event around a particular theme, or in your local area, city or country.
