Regeneration and gentrification are often two sides of the same coin. With £1.3bn being pumped into one of Scotland's poorest areas, social enterprise The Granton Project is ensuring that local communities truly benefit.

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One of the most respected social enterprise leaders in the UK, June O’Sullivan has led LEYF for the past two decades, overcoming the hardest challenges with her characteristic combination of determination and stubbornness. Speaking to host Tim West on the Good Leaders podcast, the winner of the WISE100 Social Business Woman of the Year gives us a lesson in social enterprise, impact and leadership. 

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Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons in Liverpool, England, where social enterprise Blackburne House is providing educational courses for underserved women in the local community while innovating its business model to expand its positive impact.

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The world of business for good is complex and fast moving, and it can be challenging to keep up with the new ideas, technologies and innovations driving positive change. So at Pioneers Post, we’ve decided to call in the experts to help us – and you – to make sense of it all: welcome to the Good Experts Podcast.

In the first episode, Pioneers Post’s Anna Patton and co-host Matt Haworth, CEO of Impact Reporting, quiz their guests on one of the hottest – yet most controversial – topics of recent months: artificial intelligence.

If you’re running an ethical or purpose driven-business, AI can become a tool for doing more good, but this is often untested ground, so it’s not without risks – notably due to its detrimental effects on people and planet. So, as Anna puts it, “how should we do AI the social enterprise way?”

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How does an Oscar-winning visual effects artist become an impactful social entrepreneur? From working with high-profile movie-makers to launching a healthcare app that changes millions of women’s lives, Chen Mao Davies shares the very personal journey that drove her towards mission-driven entrepreneurship in the latest episode of the Good Leaders Clinic, hosted by Tim West and Liam Black.

Listen to the Good Leaders Clinic podcast, where Tim West and Liam Black invite purposeful business leaders to open up about their real-life issues in candid conversations.

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Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons at Kendal Mountain Festival in the Lake District, England, where socially innovative outdoor wear brands, including Patagonia and others, are pushing forward circular economy solutions to halt the industry’s damaging effects on the environment that its enthusiasts want to continue to enjoy.

Correction: This episode includes the British Fashion Council's claim that "the world already has enough clothes to dress the next six generations of humanity". This claim is not based on rigorous research and should be discounted.

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