Success stories

These stories illustrate some of the innovative ways in which participants in our programme are tackling social and environmental problems in making a difference in their communities.

Successful initiatives

Social enterprise coach tours South Korea

Last autumn, we filled a coach with products from leading UK social enterprises and drove it around South Korea.

Social enterprise in East Asia - video

The British Council operates a global social enterprise programme that leverages the UK’s expertise in social enterprise and investment in order to promote development and prosperity for

Social enterprise helps keep Chinese families together

Social enterprise Shengshi Jingxiu helps families stay together, earn decent wages and preserve their traditional culture amidst the biggest migration in human history

A better future takes root in Indonesia

Planting ten trees for every one cut down, a community social enterprise changes its concept of long term investment

How UK study tours inspired social innovation in Thailand

The UK has created a very supportive ecosystem for social enterprise which other countries are keen to study and adapt

Student social entrepreneurs offer promise in Pakistan

Creativity and self-confidence encourage a generation of innovative business start-ups