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SocialFare

SocialFare | Centre for Social Innovation is the first Italian center entirely dedicated to social innovation. Incubator certified by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, it accelerates entrepreneurship and social impact startups to generate a positive impact for future generations, society, and the planet.

Through research, community engagement, capacity building, and co-design, SocialFare develops innovative solutions – products, services, models – in response to contemporary and future social challenges, activating new sustainable economy, inclusion, and social progress.

With a wide network of partners, SocialFare accelerates knowledge and impact entrepreneurship by leveraging systemic design, design thinking, social finance, mentoring, and networking for scalable growth. In addition to support programs and tailor-made consultancy, SocialFare annually selects the most promising impact-driven entrepreneurial solutions for its flagship acceleration program, Planet Foundamentals.

socialfare.org

Torino Social Impact

Over 350 public and private actors, both for-profit and non-profit, have come together in a territorial alliance to strengthen the local system and position it as one of the best places in the world to do business and finance while intentionally and jointly pursuing goals of economic profitability and social impact. A cluster of ideas, skills, activities, and services aimed at reinforcing and promoting the local ecosystem for entrepreneurship and impact investing.

https://www.torinosocialimpact.it/

Isola Catania

Isola is an Impact Community Hub whose objective is to improve the quality of life of young Sicilians, providing opportunities for economic integration and opportunities for self-determination. The project enhances local culture and professionalism, positively opening up to international influences, to create a strong sense of belonging and a sustainable community.

https://www.isola.catania.it//

Assifero

Created in 2003, Assifero is the Italian association of enterprises and philanthropic entities, non-profit entities of a private nature which, by their mission, use private resources – financial, real estate, intellectual and relational – for the common good. Assifero, which aims to promote a visible and effective Italian philanthropic system, is recognized as a strategic partner for humanitarian and sustainable development and is the reference point for philanthropy in Italy, associating today 180 of the main private foundations (family, corporate, and community) and other philanthropic bodies, expression of a common Italian will in which knowledge, traditions, skills and financial resources are put to good use for the sustainable development of our country and in international contexts. Assifero works to increase the circularity of information, good practices, and innovative approaches, to build critical mass together, scale models, strengthen the social impact and promote an aggregative philanthropic pole with the ability to represent, propose, collaborate, and be more effective and sustainable.

https://assifero.org/

Opes Italia

Opes Italia is an EIF-backed impact fund that supports early-stage enterprises with positive social and environmental impact. Our impact framework focuses on solutions that improve livelihoods, access to services and opportunities, social integration, and sustainable production and consumption. All with a diversity and inclusion lens.

https://www.opesitalia.com/

Tiresia

Tiresia (Technology Innovation & REsearch for Social ImpAct) is the competence center of the School of Management, established in 2013 with the aim of exploring the complex relationship between societal impact, innovation and technology. It positions itself as a benchmark in Italy and Europe in supporting the development of the impact economy.

Through scientific research, university and postgraduate education, training, and the application of innovative tools and methodologies, Tiresia supports the various players in the impact economy ecosystem. Its research areas include impact measurement, impact finance, social innovation, technological innovation, and governance tools for managing complex partnerships. Tiresia’s approach promotes knowledge transfer through an innovative, transformative, and critical perspective.

www.tiresia.polimi.it

Social Enterprise Academy

Social Enterprise Academy (SEA): is an international learning and development social enterprise, with local teams in 15 countries on five continents. SEA believes social innovators themselves are best placed to solve their own challenges around development and scaling up. SEA uses peer learning approaches, led by facilitators who are themselves social entrepreneurs. The learning is action-based, interactive and fun. We create a high support learning environment, in which participants feel able to be open and honest about their own reality. We then challenge participants to better understand themselves, how they engage with others and why their organisations are developing as they are. The outcome is transformational learning which enhances social impact.

www.socialenterprise.academy

Social Seed

Social Seed is a research, training, and advisory agency that has been supporting social enterprises, public administrations, and second-level organizations since 2014 in the design of local public policies and services.

It works alongside public, private, and third sector organizations engaged in innovation, helping them co-design in order to redefine their role within an uncertain and complex ecosystem, identify their assets, enhance their resources, and shape their own idea of change and feasible strategy.

Social Seed fosters an approach that promotes the value of talents, entrepreneurial capacities, and underutilized resources—both within organizations and across territories.

Focus areas:

Territorial development and system transformation
Innovation in services and alliance systems
Organizational innovation and change management

Development project:

ConvERgenze is a program focused on transformation—a space where institutions can explore and experiment with their role as agents of change within territorial systems.

socialseed.eu

The University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo (Italy)

Founded in 2004 at the initiative of Slow Food, the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo (UNISG) is the world’s first university entirely dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of food.

Dynamic and highly international, UNISG welcomes a diverse student community, with representatives from over 100 countries throughout its more than twenty years of activity. This rich mix of experiences, cultures, and opportunities is what sets the university apart, making it a unique institution in the academic landscape—not just in Italy, but globally.

The originality of its educational offerings attracts students from all over the world, drawn to a curriculum that integrates academic study, hands-on practice, and educational travel. This innovative approach provides a global perspective on food systems, both past and present, and highlights the value of cultural diversity.

In Pollenzo, a unique professional figure takes shape: the gastronome or food specialist. An expert in understanding, promoting, and enhancing food diversity, their role is essential in driving innovation in the sector and supporting the transition toward more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable food systems. As specialists in food sovereignty, these professionals help build participatory and culturally conscious models capable of addressing the future challenges of food.

www.unisg.it

Social Enterprise UK

Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) is the UK membership body for social enterprises. It leads the world’s largest network of businesses with a social or environmental purpose, working together to create a fairer economy and a more sustainable future for everyone. SEUK exists to be a strong voice for social enterprises, demonstrating the difference that mission-led businesses are making in the world and influencing decision-makers to create an environment where this way of doing business can thrive.

SEUK campaigns on behalf of the social enterprise community, having led public policy for decades and contributed to the passage of the Social Value Act (2012), using the mounting evidence from its comprehensive research to make the case for change. It drives cross-sector collaboration, working with private companies and public institutions to bring social enterprises into their supply chains and helping organizations to create positive social and environmental impact.

More information and membership details are available at www.socialenterprise.org.uk

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