Our partners at Carbon Leapfrog are recruiting a German-speaking Research Intern to be based in London to work on a new project that will build a vision for the role of communities in developing renewable energy in the UK. This project will enable the UK to learn from the experience of Germany and include arranging [...]
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LearnAsOne invites you to ask Headmaster George a question
This is George, the headmaster at Simakakata Community School in Zambia. Simakakata is one of the schools that LearnAsOne, a charity whose vision is a world where every child has the opportunity to learn the skills required to develop the country in which they live, are supporting. You can read part one of George’s diary on [...]
Why real work happens away from your desk
This is a guest post from Zoe Amar, Head of Marketing and Business Development at Lasa, a charity which provides services to Shelter, Age UK and thousands of other charities across the UK. She is also on the board at Bright One and tweets from @zoeamar The summer months are finally here. Many of us will [...]
Catch the Bright One June Update
Did you receive the June update from Bright One? If not, you’re missing out! New events, new apps, and new clients, as Wig Party, Merism Capital, Patients Know Best and Just Energy all join the Bright One community. Read the June update now and make sure you subscribe to get July’s issue.
Bright One Supports Search for Social Entrepreneurs in Big Venture Challenge
The Big Venture Challenge is a national competition to find the 25 most ambitious social entrepreneurs in England, which UnLtd and the Big Lottery Fund have launched to fill the ‘missing middle’ of the social investment marketplace. Bright One will be providing access to a PR team for each Big Venture Challenge winner. Ben Matthews, founder of [...]
The London Green Fair to host Indian Greenathon
The London Green Fair (4th-5th June 2011), London’s leading free green event, has teamed up with the New Delhi TV Toyota Greenathon to help raise money to buy solar lights for the poorest villages in India. By broadcasting live to millions on Saturday night primetime, direct from the festival, as part of their 24 hour televison event, New Delhi [...]
Merism Capital partners with Crowdcube
Merism Capital, the social impact seed fund, has partnered with Crowdcube, the first crowdfunding website in the world to offer ordinary people equity in exchange for investment. The partnership will support social entrepreneurs and businesses that are seeking investment capital of below £50,000. ”I’m a big believer in crowdfunding and this partnership complements our work [...]
Global “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” Day – Ballet It Up!
We love this video from Bright One client, The Pixel Project, with illustrations created by and generously donated to The Pixel Project by Mike Weinstein and the animation is by David Roberts. It’s all part of the The Pixel Project and Venture Humanity joint presentation of the inaugural Global Walk a Mile in Her [...]
PR Internship with Carbon Leapfrog
We’re looking for a PR student/graduate to work on a project with Carbon Leapfrog, a new and unique business-led charity that galvanises and channels free professional advice from leading service providers across a range on disciplines into UK and international carbon reduction project. Intern Objectives: To help identify and extract the PR opportunities for [...]
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The Pixel Project launches “Paint It Purple”
The Pixel Project launches its second annual “Paint It Purple” campaign today. They’re getting everybody to “paint” the internet purple to raise awareness about violence against women and also raising funds for the cause via special cupcake bake sales. Watch this short video to find out how you can join “Paint It Purple” and visit [...]