Daisy Ford-Downes

Our 2025 programme is open for applications! We’re on the lookout for 100 future founders from across Scotland's #universities ready to transform their research & innovation into impactful #businesses. Apply now to unlock the right skills, tools & connections to make it happen convergechallenge.com

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Opinion: Why we must unlock the potential of community-led energy Triodos Bank's Whitni Thomas says we have an opportunity to democratise our energy system – but governments and financial institutions must step up to unlock the full potential of community-led energy...

Want to know what are other European countries doing when it comes to Community Energy - then have a read of this Triodos article. www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...

Firstport CEO Gael Drummond reveals why you should care about #socialenterpriseday

www.firstport.org.uk/news/its-soc...

It's nascent, but here's our #socent and #impinv starter pack - looking for more to add!

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Social Investment Join the conversation

We're new here! We thought we'd begin with a starter pack for all people and organisations active in social investment go.bsky.app/9E8TRv5

Suggestions for additional accounts welcome!

Great case for non profit organisations like www.wearejuno.org attempting to fix this mess WITH children and young people. No profiteering in a (well governed) non profit.

Hello, we are Firstport. If you’re looking for someone to believe in you and your social enterprise idea, you’re in the right place.

Talk to us about start-up funding, social investment, and business support.

#socialimpact #socent

Headline celebrates Cameron's return to Cabinet as someone with experience and "bottom" and says "Daddy's home", giving us all the ick.

Headline says "Cameron's ripely pursed lips betrayed velvety pleasure - he could have been a Harris hawk that had just gobbled an unexpectedly plump dormouse"

Did not realise how just aroused the commentators would get over Cameron 🤢

Britain’s graduates are being short-changed while America’s are rich [FREE TO READ] University-level skills are in much higher and more lucrative demand in the US than the UK

In conclusion:

Stop saying we send too many people to university, and start saying we’re not creating enough graduate-quality jobs. End of rant.

Here’s my column in full (free to read for the first 300 clicks) on.ft.com/3MljMEl

Absolutely no salacious implications or insinuations here! Only cutthroat competition 😊

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