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Make An Impact Podcast
Make An Impact Podcast is the podcast for you if you're a social entrepreneur or purpose led business owner, or desire to be one, and want to be inspired to make a bigger impact on people and the planet.Heidi Fisher MBE talks to social entrepreneurs who have set up all kinds of enterprises, and finds out more about how they are successfully running their social enterprises, and making a positive impact in the world.In the conversations you'll find out what they are doing so you can develop your social enterprise using their practical tips, why they do what they do, the impact their social enterprise has and how they measure their impact, and more.There's also exclusive interviews with Heidi where she shares her tips and knowledge around social enterprise and impact measurement.#socialenterprise #impactmeasurement
Episodes
66 episodes
Harnessing Social Data to Revolutionise Medical Outcomes with Miranda Mapleton
Can social data revolutionise healthcare? Join us as we uncover the incredible journey of Miranda Mapleton, CEO of White Swan, a charity that's leveraging anonymised social data and AI to transform patient care. Discover how a personal story in...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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28:51
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Chime Audiology's transition to a Social Enterprise within the NHS with Johnathan Parsons
In this episode, Heidi Fisher is joined by Johnathan Parsons, Managing Director and Consultant Clinical Scientist at Chime Social Enterprise.Chime is an NHS Audiology Service that utilised the Government Right to Request scheme to spin ...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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29:05
Dismantling mental health stigma and embracing genuine self-kindness with Rhonda Lovell
In this episode, Heidi Fisher sits down with Rhonda Lovell, founder of Wellington Counselling, to explore Rhonda's journey from her early career in gender studies to becoming a therapist and establishing a community-focused counselling centre.<...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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35:37
Transforming mindsets and creating positive impacts with The Parenting Apart Programme
The Parenting Apart Programme is an early intervention that prevents long-term negative impacts on children’s emotional health and well-being when their parents separate or divorce.In this episode, Managing Director Claire Field and Par...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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40:51
A bottomless pit of ambition for patients with Dr Linda Harris, Spectrum Community Health CIC
What's the sign of an organisation that wants to realise the best for patients?It's something Dr. Linda Harris, a GP and the founding CEO of Spectrum Community Health CIC sees in droves everyday.And if you want to magnify your i...
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Season 6
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33:45
Pass the So What? test or you're not delivering impact with Naomi Hulston, Catch22
Catch22 supports over 160,000 people every year. A social business, it has over 1,700 staff and volunteers and delivers services addressing child exploitation, children's social care, criminal justice, education, employment and training, and he...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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32:53
From burned-out social worker to seasoned business coach with Paul Zelizer
Paul Zelizer is a social entrepreneur coach and the co-host of the Awarepreneurs Podcast.He spent 15 years working in community mental health and tells Heidi about his journey from "burned-out, broke social worker" through a reinvention...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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40:07
A marketing masterclass for social and impact entrepreneurs with Ayo Abbas
Here's a rollicking, rip-roaring marketing 101 with Ayo Abbas.Ayo specialises in B2B (business to business) marketing for the built environment. And she believes marketing shouldn't be a weird, mystical art. We hear:wh...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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33:30
Toys, artisans and sustainable livelihoods with Arshad Khalid, Ethiqana
Here's a horrifying statistic: 80% of toys are thrown away within two weeks, and they're packed with plastics and chemicals which damage the environment.Handmade wooden toys, so loved by so many, had been disappearing because of rapid i...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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27:26
Economic empowerment through travel, tourism and hospitality with Alessandra Alonso, Women in Travel CIC
Alessandra Alonso is the founder and managing director of Women in Travel CIC, a social enterprise which focuses on the economic empowerment of women through employability and entrepreneurship in travel, tourism and hospitality.It provi...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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29:31
Neurodiversity, difference, dyslexia and passion with Remi Ray, The Diverse Creative
Remi Ray is a neurodivergent high-performance coach and the founder of The Diverse Creative CIC.She describes how she came to launch her social enterprise, which supports disabled entrepreneurs, and the multi-faceted approach she takes ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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26:50
Creating powerful and stable cash positions to maximise impact with Yinka Ewuola
Doing good in the world? Then it is incumbent on you to build the foundations of a sustainable business, says Yinka Ewuola. Get those right and you can maximise your impact.This episode is about those foundations: cashflow and mindset. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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37:35
Fixing the broken credit market with Open Banking - Tim Rooney, Salad Money
"Everyone has had a financial bump in the road at some point in their life, but I don't think they should be punished for that," say Tim Rooney, CEO of "Fintech for Good" Award-winner, Salad Money.Salad is a social enterprise and commun...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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32:38
Getting Dads Talking with Dan Flanagan, Dad La Soul
There are six million dads in the UK and when Dan Flanagan's own father passed away he re-evaluated his own life. "It can be lonely to be a dad but men don't like to talk about that."The consequences are profound and tragic. Isola...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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34:09
Money where it matters with Theodora Hadjimichael, Responsible Finance
Finance and credit play a big part in our lives. Removing or preventing access to them is hugely disruptive, as today's guest explains.Without fit-for-purpose finance on fair terms, businesses and social enterprises can't grow, create j...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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31:52
Building confidence and wellbeing in the age of body shaming through drama and dares with Ursula
We have never faced such scrutiny of our bodies, or been under as much pressure to conform to a narrow definition of 'beauty.'Ldn Dares Drama Company supports people with low confidence, self-esteem and body image issues through perform...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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30:01
Sustainable ecommerce, green future with Bashir Khairy, Green Wallet
When serial technology entrepreneur Bashir Khairy had a lightening bolt realisation of the cumulative effects of our shopping habits, he overhauled his lifestyle.But there was a problem. Bashir and his family couldn't find enough ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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31:31
Gifting the world of social enterprise with stories which inspire and unite – Karis Gill, Social Stories Club
Karis Gill was already a serial entrepreneur when she discovered social enterprise. She figured gifts are a wonderful way to introduce people to what she, like Heidi, believes is the future of business.Social Stories Club, a social ente...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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26:36
Propelling unsung heroes to even greater impact with Nicole Helwig
Does your work create social change and are you an extraordinary business leader? If so, you could apply for the Cambridge Social ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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26:36
Social Enterprise is Power with Tippa Naphtali
Tippa Naphtali doesn't only use enterprise for business, but also to address political and social issues and make society better.He's been a community activist for over four decades, working in Birmingham, London and internationally.&nb...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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46:38
How Madlug's lockdown strategy led to biggest ever order with Dave Linton
Dave Linton is the first ever guest to be invited onto the Make an Impact podcast for a follow-up interview. He launched Madlug in 2015 as he was heartbroken to learn that most children in care transport their worldly belongings in bin ba...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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24:52
Football for Fundraising with North Wales Dragons' Chris Roberts
"This is a model that can be taken anywhere in the world." Chris Roberts is the co-founder of North Wales Dragons, a social enterprise and community football team which raises money for charities all over the UK and beyond. T...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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22:53
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Ethical marketing for ethical businesses with Jane Shaw
There are three key things ethical businesses must do when it comes to their marketing, according to Jane Shaw. Listen on to find out.Conscious customers can be incredibly vocal, so if an ethical business can build a community which lov...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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20:00
Putting purpose and values into consultancy with Marianne Moore, Justice Studio
Marianne Moore launched Justice Studio in 2011 after becoming jaded with the values deficit in traditional management consulting. She wanted to run a business she'd like to work in: a consultancy where people's purpose and int...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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25:48
A satnav to social impact with Sara Osterholzer, The Good Business Club
Imagine not having to explain to people your mission to balance impact and profit. It's powerful and energising to work with people who get what you're doing and why .Sara Osterholzer co-founded the Good Business Club, an alternative bu...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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25:06
