International Women's Day gave us just the excuse we needed to put five fantastic female focused social enterprises in the spotlight.

Gabriela Matouskova could see potential in the organisation she was volunteering with. After meeting with a mentor, she’s now the CEO, leading a rapidly growing social enterprise.

How do you get people to sit up and take notice of what you are doing? We asked communications expert Jenny Halpern Prince for some tips.

Expert Impact Director Kendra Walsh is leaving to take on a new challenge. Here, Kendra reflects on eight years growing the Human Lending Library.

Pizza social enterprise The Good Slice had proved a hit at festivals and events. Was the next step to open a restaurant? Mentoring from Jimmy's Iced Coffee founder Jim Cregan helped with the next step – and beyond.

Our latest impact report finds that an expanded Human Lending Library supported social entrepreneurs to create social impact across all 17 UNSDGs as mentors boosted confidence and helped with strategy.

The Human Lending Library MentorCloud platform fills the events gap left by Covid-19 and cuts out the awkwardness and bad wine for those wishing to learn from each other and collaborate.

Watch a two minute video for some "golden nuggets" when tendering for local government contracts, from Kim Rihal of Equal Education, who has supplied services to several councils.

Thinking of launching a social enterprise in 2020? Do these five things on purpose, writes Tuesday P. Brooks, and you'll be well set up for success.

In less than three years, Colin Hegarty had achieved the goals he had set when starting his company. But now he had a new challenge. What should he do next?

Your organisation is doing well and there’s demand for your services in new territories. Should you go for it? Richard Alderson, founder of Careershifters, on what happened next.