Cambridge Social Ventures

21/07/2025

Four exceptional social entrepreneurs and their ventures have been recognised for their achievements and ambition in creating social change through business.

06/06/2025

19/04/2024

Cambridge Social Ventures is part of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.

We provide workshops and an incubator programme, which guide and support social entrepreneurs as they develop sustainable and socially impactful social ventures.

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11/04/2024

Tomorrow is the deadline to apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize!

Applying gives social entrepreneurs the chance to win £10,000 to spend on your personal and professional development and increase their social impact.

The prize is for social entrepreneurs and supported by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, at the University of Cambridge.

Apply for the prize - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

10/04/2024

The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation’s Executive Director, Dr Nicole Helwig, shares why you should apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize.

The Cambridge Social Innovation prize is for social entrepreneurs and supported by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, at the University of Cambridge.

Apply for the prize - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

09/04/2024

Deadline day for applications for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize is rapidly approaching!

Kim Griffin is a 2021 winner of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize and founder of GriffinOT.

In her blog, ‘From occupational therapist to social innovator’, Kim shares her journey from student to social innovator and her hopes for her future as an occupational therapist.

Read - https://socialinnovation.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2024/03/19/from-occupational-therapist-to-social-innovator/

Apply for the prize - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

08/04/2024

Day four of the countdown!

In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Anne Bailey from Form the Future CIC shares how winning the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize has helped her to form her own future.

The Cambridge Social Innovation prize is for social entrepreneurs and supported by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, at the University of Cambridge.

Listen - https://www.buzzsprout.com/270953/12024337

Apply for the prize - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

05/04/2024

The Social Ideas Podcast: winning the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize

In this episode, Lisa Stepanovic shares the benefits and power of winning the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize.

Lisa is the Founder and CEO of the multi award winning, Social Ark, which enables 16–30-year-olds from East London communities to develop social businesses that draw from their lived experiences.

This year, Lisa is a judge for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, which she won in 2021.

Listen – https://www.buzzsprout.com/270953/14834436

Apply for the prize - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

04/04/2024

Listen to The Social Ideas Podcast: the power of AutonoMe.

Social entrepreneur, Will Britton shares how the AutonoMe app combines education technology with one-to-one support for vulnerable people in a social care setting.

He also shares how winning the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize helped develop his social enterprise further.

Listen - https://www.buzzsprout.com/270953/14828079

Apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

03/04/2024

The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2024

Day nine to the application deadline!

Watch the webinar to find out why you - as a social entrepreneur - should apply for the £10,000 prize.

Supported by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.

Watch – https://youtu.be/PNP_2tQfzqA?si=WvfMJvz6D6iX7BFw

Apply - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

02/04/2024

The Cambridge Social Innovation prize is for social entrepreneurs and supported by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, at the University of Cambridge.

It’s the start of the 10-day countdown to the application deadline!

2021 winner and co-founder of Commons Legal, Sashy Nathan, shares how the £10,000 prize helped create social impact.

The Cambridge Social Innovation prize is for social entrepreneurs and supported by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, at the University of Cambridge.

APPLY - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

25/03/2024

The Cambridge Social Innovation prize is for social entrepreneurs and supported by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, at the University of Cambridge.

It’s the start of the 10-day countdown to the application deadline!

2021 winner and co-founder of Commons Legal, Sashy Nathan, shares how the £10,000 prize helped create social impact.

APPLY - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

Apply – https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/