With a network spanning almost every country in the world, i-genius supports the development of social entrepreneurship, social businesses and the wider social economy. i-genius is the world’s largest community of social entrepreneurs, which promotes social entrepreneurship to a network of professionals and supports the wider social economy. Founded by Tommy Hutchinson (CEO and Founder), i-genius is based in London and began trading in 2008. i-genius has worked with a series of universities and previously worked on projects with Channel 4 as well as being recommended by BBC’s The World Challenge. It is a co-founder of the of the prestigious Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces and its annual Global Healthy Workplace Awards and Summit. i-genius engages in a range of activities and programmes in order to promote and enhance social entrepreneurship and the wide social economy. Our services include, but are not limited to the following:
Profiles & Interviews – social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurship
Events – conferences, seminars, Awards programmes. Recent international events include an Asia Summit Bangkok 2012, Global Healthy Workplace Awards & Summits – a Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces initiative co-founded between i-genius and International Health Consulting – in London 2013, Shanghai 2014 and Florianopolis 2015, UK Commission to Pakistan, 2013 and resulting Opportunity Pakistan conference in 2014. i-genius Academy – a leading provider of social entrepreneur training to the British Council (12 countries) and hosts a growing global Alumni. Online learning and a package of support for Universities in developing courses and student recruitment to study social business related courses. i-genus has recently partnered with the University of Northampton for student recruitment and the soon to be launched Charity Bond Scholarship Programmes. i-genius Support – supports the wider social economy through a range of services to support i-genius members and clients in accessing finance and obtaining new customers, including foreign trade. i-genius also works on the European Union project Web-COSI in partnership with the OECD, Istat and Lunaria and recently partnered with the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) and Royal Mail to launch CommonwealthFirst – a major new initiative to help SMEs trade and invest across the Commonwealth.
