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August 9, 2018

LatchAid featured in a 2018 Cambridge Independent article on the Cambridge Social Ventures programme, which runs programmes designed for people who will drive their businesses forward to create real, scaleable, lasting social or environmental change.

Belinda Bell is Programme Director of Cambridge Social Ventures, which runs programmes designed for people who will drive their businesses forward to create real, scaleable, lasting social or environmental change.

Cambridge Social Ventures has been developed at the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School. Belinda has been with the organisation since its inception in 2014. She’s also run a number of social ventures herself.

“This, for me, is about trying to extend the benefits of social ventures into a more broad business venture,” she says.

“We’re looking for a good fit,” Belinda says, “where the ideas can make a significant contribution to the problem they’re trying to solve – some are local and some global. These are people where the timing is right – they can commit fully to the venture they’re working on.”

“Running or setting up a business with a social interest at its core is essential. Only 20 per cent come from the university – this is about enabling the benefits of the university to be spread more widely, and creating social change.

“Anyone is welcome to apply, we consider maybe half of the applicants, and half of those will join.

More about Cambridge Social Ventures here.

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