Top 5 for Social

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Flamingo

This community marketing agency creates and executes hugely innovative, long-tail projects. Take ‘The Big Noise’, which saw hundreds of unwanted instruments ‘free gifted’ to music therapy projects, culminating in a kids’ ‘Skype orchestra’ for World Music Day.

Pink Ribbon Lingerie Limited

Pink Ribbon Lingerie manufactures and retails lingerie, clothing and swimwear for women who have undergone a mastectomy or lumpectomy. Debunking the taboo of post-surgical clothing, it helps women to regain their femininity.

CoaST

CoaST works with small firms in the tourism sector to make them more green, ethical and lean. Championing the ‘triple bottom line’ of people, planet and profit, CoaST has worked with more than 100 small businesses to date.

SilenceBreakers

This social enterprise reconditions used computers for long-term community projects, reducing waste and creating opportunities in disadvantaged communities. SilenceBreakers has saved 1.8 tonnes of computer-related waste from landfill this year alone.

Upcott House

This family run, eco-friendly B&B has pulled out all the stops to go green. From solar panels to its Electric Vehicle charging point (the only one in the local area), Upcott House is completely revamping the standard image of a B&B.

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Social enterprises come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they are not-for-profit organisations helping to save our planet or stand up for disadvantaged communities, sometimes they are regular businesses dedicating time and profits to good causes, and sometimes they are companies with a truly social product or service, improving the lives of their customers or the environment. These five firms have made doing good an art form and are creating positive change in the lives of people and the industries they touch.