Impact Hub King’s Cross

IMPACT HUB KING’S CROSS: A CATALYSING ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTION FOR A FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE - By Omar Mohammed

For 15 years, Impact Hub King’s Cross has been catalysing entrepreneurial action for a fair and sustainable future. Alongside an impact-driven coworking space in Central London, Impact hub delivers business support programs for ethical and diverse entrepreneurs. To date, over 800 people have been supported by Impact Hub King’s Cross programs. Current programs include: FEEDING THE CITY ACCELERATE

Feeding The City Accelerate offers a transformative journey for food businesses in London. Through bespoke support, it enables those ready to scale to achieve growth potential, while developing circular practices. In the last two years, the programme has supported three cohorts of sustainable and ethical food and drinks businesses. From the 2020 cohort:

100% of participants indicated they knew how to support their team and beneficiaries through challenging times (compared to 56% before the programme). 88% addressed 2 or more food issues

NEW ROOTS

New Roots, is a mentoring and peer-to-peer programme for local entrepreneurs from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds in Camden and Islington. New Roots has consistently evolved to meet the needs of London’s minority ethnic entrepreneurs since the 2019 pilot programme supporting a cohort of entrepreneurial refugees and non-EU migrants. The 2022 Programme sits at the intersections of innovation/impact entrepreneurship, sustainability/ climate action and inclusion/equality, with research showing that their London communities are more likely to be affected by air pollution and climate change.

ASSETS

ASSETS (Assisting Social Enterprises to Succeed) is an innovative programme tailored for social enterprises that are suppliers in the construction industry sector who aim to scale their operations, secure larger contracts, and successfully compete UK-wide. Co-delivered by professional experts from Wates and Impact Hub King’s Cross, the programme has enabled 9 social enterprises to develop a clearer strategy for scaling their business in the construction sector.

CIRCULAR START UP

The Circular Start Up, seeks to address the lack of inclusion in environmental entrepreneurship in London, by helping aspiring entrepreneurs to launch circular economy solutions to waste and consumption. It’s our ambition to create a more interconnected, inclusive, and circular economy, helping to increase awareness, reduce waste and improve consumption habits at business and consumer levels.

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Our global reach: Locally Rooted, Globally Connected

Impact Hub King’s Cross is a part of a global network of 24,000+ changemakers across 108 Impact Hubs building inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale. and social activists determined to co-create a more just and sustainable society. All big ideas start small. In our case, it was in 2005, with one community, in one city. The goal was to build a space for people to connect, collaborate, and accelerate ideas that make the world a better place. The idea quickly transformed into a movement – a multiplier and amplifier of social impact that empowers Impact Makers to activate/increase their agency within their communities. This locally rooted, globally connected approach allows us to replicate and learn from one another while creating robust entrepreneurial initiatives that pave the way to a better tomorrow. We are creating a ripple effect of positive change. You can see our impact travel from the heart of Phnom Penh towards the outskirts of Brazil, through the buzzing capital Berlin to the beautiful Accra in West Africa and beyond. Today, we are a global network of 25,000+ people uniting 60+ countries across five continents.