ARTHOUSE Unlimited is a collective of artists living with complex epilepsy and learning disabilities. The artist’s work alongside instructors to create artworks which are developed into homeware products for sale.
Their mission being to challenge perceptions and to create better acceptance and inclusion for all people living with disabilities.
Read our Good Business interview with Becky of ARTHOUSE Unlimited (5 min Read)
Beacons Creative is a unique social firm producing candles and related products whilst providing employment opportunities for people with learning difficulties and those furthest from the workforce.
The Company's objective is to develop sales, create new products and ultimately provide employment opportunities within a safe and caring environment, and transform this day care service into a successful and profitable business.
I'm always looking for ways to reduce the amount of waste that we create at home. I don't like the amount of single-use plastic we go through. About eighteen months ago I stumbled across beeswax food wrap, the natural, organic and compostable alternative to clingfilm and aluminium tin foil wrapping.
Read our Good Business interview with Katie of Bee Green Wraps (2 min Read)
Founded in 1998, Dan has been at the very forefront of the global climate crisis, discouraging single-use plastics and food waste by designing eco-efficient products with re-use and sustainability in mind.
Read our Good Business interview with Dan of Black & Blum (2 min Read)
With a passion for natural remedies, traditional craftsmanship and linen, Lo puts ethics at the very forefront of what they do by working with sustainable linen flax and Cotswold wheat to create self-care products that provide relaxation, natural pain relief and everyday comfort.
Blästa Henriët products have been beautifully handcrafted in the UK and come in eco-friendly packaging material.
Read our Good Business interview with Lo of Blästa Henriët (1 min Read)
Buird pottery is made in Wirksworth in the beautiful Derbyshire Dales.
Potters Graeme and Inga use Staffordshire clay to hand throw and produce their pots in their light-filled workshop.
The Camphill Village Trust provides a home within a supportive community environment for people living with a range of different disabilities.
Within the nine different communities across the UK, Camphill Village Trust aims for their residents to build confidence, feel valued and to gain independence through employment within the development of craft skills.
Ethos is a magazine for and about people who embrace new and innovative ways of doing business. Covering stories about the most progressive business leaders, their teams, ethos and ideas to give you a unique insight into how they’re changing how business is done.
Read our Good Business interview with Fiona of Ethos Magazine (5 min Read)
Founder and designer Jacqui Ma has designed bags for Puma, Virgin Atlantic, Microsoft and Debenhams before launching Goodordering, a small indie company run out of a flat on top of a bike shop in Hackney, East London. Jacqui produces amazing unisex bags and accessories inspired by the 70's and made from recycled water bottles.
Hackney Herbal is a social enterprise promoting well-being and healthy minds through herbs and nature-based activities. All profits made go towards their partnership work with Hackney-based mental health charities - The Centre for Better Health and City and Hackney Mind.
Read our Good Business interview with Nat of Hackney Herbal (4 min Read)
Hadley is built around a love of family, community, creativity and design. These four things shape everything about the business: from the card designs, to who manufactures them and which shops are chosen to stock them.
Every Hadley design starts life as an original artwork: a collage, drawing or print.
Strong ethics are at the heart of Hadley with every card made from FSC and recycled card and comes packaged in a plastic free and compostable sleeve.
Social Enterprise Incausa works in partnership with indigenous artisans to create connections between their communities and the international market.
Sustainably sourced from forests managed, authorised and certified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Peru in Piura (SERFORPiura).
Kleensoaps is a small soap company that believes in taking a natural and planet kind approach to skincare.
Based in Kent, Kleensoaps was founded when owner Jutta could not find a soap-on-a-rope that was affordable and sustainable with natural ingredients.
Kleensoaps has redefined the classic idea of soap-on-a-rope to give you a long-lasting, waste-free product.
Natalie Fee is an award-winning environmentalist, author, speaker and founder of City to Sea, a UK-based organisation running campaigns to stop plastic pollution at source. Her new book, best-seller, How to Save the World for Free, is out now.
Read our Good Business interview with Natalie Fee (3 min Read)
Nauseni was founded in response to the Nepal Earthquake of 2015 with the mission to empower and help women rebuild their lives in the wake of the Nepalese earthquake by providing skill development and income generating opportunities through the making of these handcrafted 100% natural wool slippers.
Read our Good Business interview with Wilatluk of Nauseni (5 min Read)
Founded by Rachel, a hair fanatic, with 20 years experience in beauty journalism and creator of an award winning shampoo bar. Zero plastic, sulphate free and with £1 from every sale going directly to charities that support young people facing mental health challenges. It's no doubt that Rachel is changing lives, one bar at a time.
Read our Good Business interview with Rachel of Nut & Noggin (2 min Read)
Poetry in Wood is a creative space for people living with learning disabilities.
Through training and employment opportunities within woodcraft, Poetry in Wood helps promote independence and empowerment and ultimately helps their participants to contribute and participate in the wider community.
Read our Good Business interview with Bryony of Poetry in Wood (3 min Read)
Prisoners are 50% more likely to re-offend if they leave prison without skills and a job.
Social enterprise Redemption Roasters are here to prevent this through roasting their delicious coffee beans at Aylesbury Prison, where they train young offenders in roasting, brewing and barista skills and ultimately helping find future employment opportunities for young offenders on release.
Read our Good Business interview with Ted of Redemption Roasters (4 min Read)
I am Mark the founder of ScottishwoodcraftGB and take immense pleasure in producing wood craft.
Unfortunately I have suffered from mental health problems in my past and have spent a significant amount of time recovering in hospital. However through time I have learned ways of staying mentally well. What I have found important is having a good life balance with work and life. Turning my job into something that is a joy to do is a sure method to success. I also love to climb, cycle and keep fit and focus on rebuilding my future.
We love that the Self Care Co are mental health activists. Couple Nicole and Adelaide help naturally combat anxiety, stress and low mood, through the power of aromatherapy and their amazing candle range.
Each candle is made with 100% natural soy and are blended with a mix of essential oils, each one individually crafted to assist you in your personal self-care routine.
With delicious scents and a perfect design, we know you'll enjoy these beautiful eco-friendly and Vegan candles as much as we do.
Based in Croydon, South London, Solo Woods is a not for profit social enterprise, specialising in upcycling wood that would otherwise go to the landfill.
Turtle Bags was founded in 2001 when plastic bags were still spilling off the end of our supermarket tills. Their aim is to raise awareness of the hazards of plastic bags and sell alternatives.
Turtle Bags work with The Women’s Empowerment Group, based in Dhaka, to help support marginalised and rural communities by providing inspirational support and training for women across Bangladesh.
Founded by trio Hayley, Daisy and Mark, Wedgie is an incredible incentive scheme based in Sri Lanka, with a mission to empower men and women in rural areas of the country.
Where they deliver unpainted doorstops to employees’ houses, along with paints, brushes and tools and once painted and completed, the Wedgies are paid for on collection. This allows people in rural communities the convenience of earning an income whilst going about their daily routines.
We love how Nicole strongly believes in contributing to the circular economy and minimising waste by creating her beautiful candles from 100% recycled glass jars, individually hand-poured in her studio.
'Help Us Help Our Planet' campaign sets out to encourage our customers to reuse/repurpose used candle jars as plant pots or to grow your own food. We want to minimise the amount ending up in landfill and we could all use a bit more green in our lives in the process!
