Nick Temple
@nicktemple.bsky.social
CEO @thesocialinvest.bsky.social; social enterprise, social investment, coffee, NFL. @nicktemple1 on the other place. #socent #socinv #impinv #charity
Am I alone that, when that Google Pixel ad says “if the answer is on your phone, shouldn’t your phone answer it for you?”, I shout “No!”
September 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Am I alone that, when that Google Pixel ad says “if the answer is on your phone, shouldn’t your phone answer it for you?”, I shout “No!”
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Notes that symbolised the east Sussex town’s independent spirit when they were launched in 2008 fell victim to the unstoppable rise of cards and digital payments
Farewell to the Lewes Pound, the UK’s last local currency
Notes that symbolised the east Sussex town’s independent spirit when they were launched in 2008 fell victim to the unstoppable rise of cards and digital payments
www.thetimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Notes that symbolised the east Sussex town’s independent spirit when they were launched in 2008 fell victim to the unstoppable rise of cards and digital payments
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Billionaire developer Asif Aziz is one of London's most powerful and influential landowners.
In my latest investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social I found out how he has brought and shut down dozens of London pubs for redevelopment.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-th...
In my latest investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social I found out how he has brought and shut down dozens of London pubs for redevelopment.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-th...
Exclusive: The billionaire developer closing London's pubs
Companies linked to Asif Aziz have been buying up and shutting down some of the capital’s most beloved boozers. Now, we’ve mapped them.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Billionaire developer Asif Aziz is one of London's most powerful and influential landowners.
In my latest investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social I found out how he has brought and shut down dozens of London pubs for redevelopment.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-th...
In my latest investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social I found out how he has brought and shut down dozens of London pubs for redevelopment.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-th...
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A new grants programme has launched for youth service providers in Salford.
Better Youth Spaces offers £5k–£100k for capital projects like equipment, refurbishments & more to help youth orgs support local young people. Find out more & apply: www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
Better Youth Spaces offers £5k–£100k for capital projects like equipment, refurbishments & more to help youth orgs support local young people. Find out more & apply: www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
Better Youth Spaces - Social Investment Business
Better Youth Spaces provides small-scale grants of £5k-£100k for eligible capital expenditure to expand and improve local youth facilities and their services in the out of school youth sector, to driv...
www.sibgroup.org.uk
August 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A new grants programme has launched for youth service providers in Salford.
Better Youth Spaces offers £5k–£100k for capital projects like equipment, refurbishments & more to help youth orgs support local young people. Find out more & apply: www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
Better Youth Spaces offers £5k–£100k for capital projects like equipment, refurbishments & more to help youth orgs support local young people. Find out more & apply: www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
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Better Youth Spaces, a £30.5m capital grants programme funded by the UK Government, launched this week www.blackcountryradio.co.uk/news/local-h...
£30.5m of capital funding available to youth services in England
Better Youth Spaces, a £30.5m capital grants programme funded by the UK Government, launched this week.
www.blackcountryradio.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Better Youth Spaces, a £30.5m capital grants programme funded by the UK Government, launched this week www.blackcountryradio.co.uk/news/local-h...
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🚨 Better Youth Spaces applications OPEN! 🚨
Calling all youth organisations across Liverpool! You can apply for grants of £5,000–£100,000 to upgrade facilities.
🛠️ Refurb deadline: 31 Aug
🗓 All others: 21 Sept (or sooner)
Check your eligibility & apply below:
www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
Calling all youth organisations across Liverpool! You can apply for grants of £5,000–£100,000 to upgrade facilities.
🛠️ Refurb deadline: 31 Aug
🗓 All others: 21 Sept (or sooner)
Check your eligibility & apply below:
www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
Better Youth Spaces - Social Investment Business
Better Youth Spaces provides small-scale grants of £5k-£100k for eligible capital expenditure to expand and improve local youth facilities and their services in the out of school youth sector, to driv...
www.sibgroup.org.uk
August 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚨 Better Youth Spaces applications OPEN! 🚨
Calling all youth organisations across Liverpool! You can apply for grants of £5,000–£100,000 to upgrade facilities.
🛠️ Refurb deadline: 31 Aug
🗓 All others: 21 Sept (or sooner)
Check your eligibility & apply below:
www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
Calling all youth organisations across Liverpool! You can apply for grants of £5,000–£100,000 to upgrade facilities.
🛠️ Refurb deadline: 31 Aug
🗓 All others: 21 Sept (or sooner)
Check your eligibility & apply below:
www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
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🚨 Applications are OPEN for Better Youth Spaces! A £30.5m capital grants programme by the UK Government, delivered by SIB. Grants of £5k–£100k are available for small-scale capital projects + refurbishments. For more info & how to apply 👉 www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
August 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨 Applications are OPEN for Better Youth Spaces! A £30.5m capital grants programme by the UK Government, delivered by SIB. Grants of £5k–£100k are available for small-scale capital projects + refurbishments. For more info & how to apply 👉 www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better...
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The Labour government is starting to reverse the decline in youth services, announcing new investment for things like youth clubs, after school activities and groups like the Scouts.
It aims to increase opportunities in sports, arts, outdoor activities and volunteering in communities.
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It aims to increase opportunities in sports, arts, outdoor activities and volunteering in communities.
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Prime Minister unveils new opportunities for young people to re-connect with their communities
Prime Minister announces major expansion of youth services and real-world opportunities to re-connect young people with the world around them
www.gov.uk
August 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The Labour government is starting to reverse the decline in youth services, announcing new investment for things like youth clubs, after school activities and groups like the Scouts.
It aims to increase opportunities in sports, arts, outdoor activities and volunteering in communities.
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It aims to increase opportunities in sports, arts, outdoor activities and volunteering in communities.
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Latest podcast round-up for all those interested in #charity #socialenterprise #impactinvestment #energy #socialeconomy www.linkedin.com/pulse/social...
Social Economy Podcast Round-Up 5
I hope you're having a productive and/or restful summer. Here's another 5 recommendations for podcast listening whether you are at work or on holiday.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Latest podcast round-up for all those interested in #charity #socialenterprise #impactinvestment #energy #socialeconomy www.linkedin.com/pulse/social...
Extraordinary - observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Extraordinary - observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Everywhere I look today.
June 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Everywhere I look today.
www.linkedin.com/posts/nitemp...
Social Economy podcast round up - should you be seeking some #socent #charity #socialimpact listening
Social Economy podcast round up - should you be seeking some #socent #charity #socialimpact listening
#charity #socialenterprise #podcasts #impact | Nick Temple OBE
So after a semi-rapturous / vaguely interested reception, here's the second instalment of *drum roll* Social Economy Podcast round-up. Thanks to all those who took the time to comment and suggest ...
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May 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Social Economy podcast round up - should you be seeking some #socent #charity #socialimpact listening
Social Economy podcast round up - should you be seeking some #socent #charity #socialimpact listening
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We’re looking for a Head of Policy & Campaigns at Platfform - if you connect with our purpose, have a passion for social justice & can show us how you have affected successful change through policy and campaigns work then we’d love to hear from you
#PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice
#PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice
Head of Policy and Campaigns - Flexible with regular requirement to travel as required
If like us, you are passionate about addressing injustice and making a difference to the lives of the people in Wales then you could be our next Head of Policy and Campaigns.
This is an exciting time...
platfform.current-vacancies.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We’re looking for a Head of Policy & Campaigns at Platfform - if you connect with our purpose, have a passion for social justice & can show us how you have affected successful change through policy and campaigns work then we’d love to hear from you
#PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice
#PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice
Imagine if the charity sector, with market size about 60 times that of fishing, got anything like the proportionate coverage or interest from media & think tanks & politicians alike.
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
May 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Imagine if the charity sector, with market size about 60 times that of fishing, got anything like the proportionate coverage or interest from media & think tanks & politicians alike.
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
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The 25-year-old Foyle Foundation has announced a final funding round of £18mn for arts charities as it prepares to wind down this year. 12 grants have been announced with two more to come, including support for school libraries.
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/foundat...
Via @civilsociety.bsky.social
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/foundat...
Via @civilsociety.bsky.social
Foundation announces £18m in final funding round before closure
www.civilsociety.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The 25-year-old Foyle Foundation has announced a final funding round of £18mn for arts charities as it prepares to wind down this year. 12 grants have been announced with two more to come, including support for school libraries.
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/foundat...
Via @civilsociety.bsky.social
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/foundat...
Via @civilsociety.bsky.social
Am a bit obsessed with the NFL draft atm, & loving the player assessment jargon; we should def bring across to the social sector:
"He needs to develop from the neck up"
"It's the intangibles about them that I like"
"My comp for him is Stephen Bubb in 2001"
"I thought he was elite but he's J.A.G."
"He needs to develop from the neck up"
"It's the intangibles about them that I like"
"My comp for him is Stephen Bubb in 2001"
"I thought he was elite but he's J.A.G."
April 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Am a bit obsessed with the NFL draft atm, & loving the player assessment jargon; we should def bring across to the social sector:
"He needs to develop from the neck up"
"It's the intangibles about them that I like"
"My comp for him is Stephen Bubb in 2001"
"I thought he was elite but he's J.A.G."
"He needs to develop from the neck up"
"It's the intangibles about them that I like"
"My comp for him is Stephen Bubb in 2001"
"I thought he was elite but he's J.A.G."
fundraising.co.uk/2025/04/01/n... #grants #loans #socialinvestment from us @thesocialinvest.bsky.social
New £17mn loan funding available to charities 'for any purpose'
Charities and community organisations can now benefit from £17 million of repayable funding via the Social Investment Business.
fundraising.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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On why we need to maintain capital investment as a source of longer term growth - something that has often been overlooked by previous Chancellors
www.thetimes.com/article/60e3... @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/60e3... @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social
We need better infrastructure, so it must be spared from the axe
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, should continue to prioritise long-term growth and refuse to succumb to short-term pressures
www.thetimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
On why we need to maintain capital investment as a source of longer term growth - something that has often been overlooked by previous Chancellors
www.thetimes.com/article/60e3... @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/60e3... @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/4553... #impinv in the era of USAID / wider aid cuts
Impact investors look to soften Trump aid blow
Washington is turning away from the sustainable development agenda, but funds promoting it manage over $1.5tn
www.ft.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
www.ft.com/content/4553... #impinv in the era of USAID / wider aid cuts
Interesting to see a corporate of this scale invest in its own social value platform - demonstrates the extent to which #socialvalue is embedded in procurement now www.fmj.co.uk/sodexo-launc...
Sodexo launches data-driven reporting tool spotlighting social value impact - FMJ
Sodexo UK & Ireland’s Government business has launched a new client-focussed, data-driven reporting platform to support its public sector clients define, track, measure and evidence the social value o...
www.fmj.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Interesting to see a corporate of this scale invest in its own social value platform - demonstrates the extent to which #socialvalue is embedded in procurement now www.fmj.co.uk/sodexo-launc...