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Do One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship

Listen to 350+ interviews on philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship. Guests include Paul Polman, David Lynch, Siya Kolisi, Cherie Blair, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bob Moritz, David Miliband and Julia Gillard. Hosted by Alberto Lidji, Visiting Professor at Strathclyde Business School and ex-Global CEO of the Novak Djokovic Foundation. Visit Lidji.org for more information.

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35:25

Vodafone’s Head of Sustainable Business, Dorothée...

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2020/09/13

Vodafone Group is one of the world’s leading telecoms and technology service providers – covering such things as connectivity, convergence and the internet of things. They also have strong expertise in mobile financial services and digital transformation in emerging markets. They mainly operate in Europe and Africa, with mobile operations in 24 countries. Dorothée explains how the role of the sector in society is crucial. The nature of the products and services they’re involved with means they

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32:56

CEO of the IKEA Foundation, Per Heggenes, joins...

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2020/09/06

IKEA was founded in Sweden, in 1943, by Ingvar Kamprad, whose vision was to improve everyday life for the many. The IKEA Foundation is independent from the retail business with a sole focus on creating brighter lives on a liveable planet through philanthropy and grant-making They work to create more family wealth; to enable families to afford a better life. When families have a sustainable income they will invest it in their children’s health and education. They also focus on protecting the

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32:59

Director of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center,...

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2020/08/30

Cynthia will be hosting the 'National Prenatal-to-3 Research to Policy Summit' on 15th September 2020. A virtual event open to everyone which will feature Prof Jack Shonkoff of Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child, Gov DeWine of Ohio, Gov Lujan Grisham of New Mexico and various other experts and policymakers. The Summit is presented by the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at The University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs. During the podcast, we hear how early childhood is

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34:09

Transcendental Meditation and philanthropy come...

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2020/08/24

Jeffrey is a Washington DC-based philanthropist who’s been practising Transcendental Meditation (TM) for more than 40 years and he’s a Co-Founder of the Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation. He started thinking about improving the world when he was just 8 years old. He knew he wanted to end suffering and he wanted the solution to be one thing that could be given to people everywhere to change their circumstances, so they were the ones who lifted themselves up, and it needed to make them

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32:10

CEO of Practical Action, Paul Smith Lomas, joins...

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2020/08/16

Practical Action is an innovative international development organisation; their Patron is Prince Charles, HRH The Prince of Wales, and they partner with diverse organisations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the IKEA Foundation and DFID – the UK’s Department for International Development. The organisation is comprised of various entities, which include a charity running projects internationally, a publishing company and a consulting company as well – together they work hard to find

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38:56

President & CEO of United Way Worldwide, Brian...

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2020/08/10

United Way is the world’s largest privately funded non-profit organisation. It is 133 years old, has 3 million volunteers, 8 million donors and operates across 40 countries – including the UK where they’ve had a presence since 2014. Last year it raised around $5 billion. United Way Worldwide is a social franchise; it owns the brand and sets rules on financial reporting, governance, ethics and inclusivity across 1,800 communities globally. It also manages relations with the United Nations (UN),

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32:04

CEO of Humanity & Inclusion UK, Aleema Shivji, joins...

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2020/08/03

Humanity & Inclusion exists to support people with disabilities and vulnerable people who are affected by poverty, conflict, disaster and exclusion to achieve their rights and live in dignity. They were founded in 1982, initially supporting victims of landmines who were fleeing to Thailand from Cambodia. Today, Humanity & Inclusion is active in 60 countries. It is a federated network with members around the world. They work in partnership with diverse stakeholders – including UNICEF, the WHO

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36:08

CEO of Plan International UK, Rose Caldwell, joins...

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2020/07/27

Plan International is a global charity operating in more than 50 countries. It was established in 1937 and strives to ensure the rights of children and equality for girls. Several decades ago, it established the ‘sponsor a child’ model, which successfully supports the local communities where these children live. We hear how Plan International engages with a truly broad and global range of partners, from small, local NGOs, to the likes of the LEGO Foundation, Unilever and AstraZeneca. Rose

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39:51

President of the Oak Foundation, Doug Griffiths,...

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2020/07/20

The Foundation focuses on global, social and environmental concerns, particularly in helping the most disadvantaged. In 2019, the Oak Foundation made 377 grants, to 342 organisations in 37 countries, totalling around $300m. The Foundation backs a wide range of initiatives focused on the environment, housing and homelessness, international human rights, issues affecting women, learning differences, preventing child sexual abuse; and special interest areas such as health, humanitarian relief,

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34:16

Dr Christian Busch, author of 'The Serendipity...

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2020/07/16

An insightful conversation on serendipity, success and leveraging opportunities to improve the world. We explore how to breakdown the barriers to serendipity, spotting opportunities, connecting the dots, and turning serendipitous encounters into opportunities for success. Christian Busch is an expert in entrepreneurship, social innovation, and purpose-driven business. He teaches at New York University (NYU) and at the London School of Economics (LSE), and directs the NYU Global Economy Program. The

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24:40

Roger Federer Foundation: great insight on Roger’s...

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2020/07/12

The Foundation was founded in 2003 and focuses on school readiness; they invest approximately 10m Swiss Francs (roughly US $10m at the time of writing) annually supporting children to transition into school. UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.2 is a key reference for their work, aspiring to ensure that by 2030: all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education. Geographically, the Foundation works

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34:07

Peter Jones Foundation's Managing Director, Bill...

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2020/07/06

Peter Jones is one of the UK's best known entrepreneurs and in 2005 he founded the Peter Jones Foundation to improve the socio economic outcomes for young people by helping them develop enterprise skills. They aim to ensure at least 60% of the young people they work with come from disadvantaged backgrounds. This wide-ranging conversation introduces listeners to the Foundation's various initiatives, including their Tycoon Programme, which aims to back children's and young people's business ideas by

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34:18

Refugees and access to university education....

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2020/06/29

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canada-based organisation dedicated to expanding education, economic and empowerment leadership opportunities for youth in Canada and around the world, with a particular focus on refugees, displaced youth and young women. WUSC has its origins in the 1920s and today has a team of approximately 15 staff in Canada and a strong presence in the frontlines of the developing world. They’re actively supporting refugees from eastern Africa – Uganda, northern

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35:38

Thinking strategically about scaling up impact. CEO...

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2020/06/22

Spring Impact is a registered charity in the UK and a 501(c)(3) in the USA. They help other charities and innovative organisations of various sizes and degrees of experience to scale up, replicate and increase their impact. Dan sheds light on his professional trajectory and highlights how he learned a great deal by observing the likes of McDonald’s and Oxfam. Unlike many commercial advisory firms, Spring Impact is happy to share their intellectual property (IP) so that others can learn from their

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34:01

CEO of ACEVO – Association of Chief Executives of...

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2020/06/15

ACEVO is a network of more than 1,400 CEOs and aspiring chief executives based in the UK. They represent members from organisations across all sizes. They are a charity themselves and aim to ensure the leaders they serve are able to make the most impact possible. They support leaders and, in turn, these leaders inspire their own organisations. ACEVO helps CEOs be the best they can be. Vicky sheds light on how ACEVO’s members are responding to COVID-19 – a crisis that is stretching many charities to

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32:04

Head of the Sage Foundation, Debbie Wall, joins...

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2020/06/07

Debbie sheds light on how Sage – a business solutions company and accounting software developer – launched the Sage Foundation five years ago. She was instrumental in launching the foundation which, today, entices more than 13,000 Sage colleagues to volunteer their time (last year, they volunteered an aggregate of 31,000 days), works with 300 charities at any given time, and supports local communities through grants, resources and innovative initiatives. Debbie notes that philanthropy and

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32:58

CEO of Coram, Carol Homden, joins Alberto Lidji to...

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2020/06/01

Carol became Chief Executive of Coram in April 2007 and was awarded a CBE in 2013 for her contribution to services for children and families. Carol sheds light on the charitable work of Coram in supporting the rights, welfare and education of children throughout its 280 year history. She speaks of its Founder, Thomas Coram, describing his life and passion to help children. The conversation explores a wide range of topics, from Carol’s professional trajectory and Coram’s impact to COVID-19 and

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29:46

CEO of ShelterBox, Sanj Srikanthan, joins Alberto...

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2020/05/25

Sanj starts off by providing an overview of ShelterBox’s origins; from a small outfit conceived 20 years ago in Cornwall, UK, to a global NGO providing disaster relief on the ground and via remote technical assistance. It has only been a few days since super cyclone Amphan made landfall in Bangladesh and eastern India, and the latest estimates are that 10 million people have been impacted and 500,000 have lost their homes; this is on top of already being in an incredibly precarious situation as

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CEOs of Aga Khan Foundation in UK and India, Matt...

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2020/05/18

This episode follows from an earlier episode of The Do One Better! Podcast featuring Matt Reed, which aired in October 2019. It is worth listening to that episode in conjunction with this one. This conversation sheds light on the Aga Khan Foundation and the Aga Khan Development Network at a global level and provides tangible insight to their work in India. Matt Reed is CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation in the UK (and was formerly CEO in India between 2013 and 2016) and Tinni Sawhney is the current

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33:58

Founder and CEO of Home for Good, Krish Kandiah,...

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2020/05/10

Home for Good is the charity Krish founded 5 years ago, which came out of his own family’s experience of fostering and adopting. We hear how in the UK there’s a shortage of foster carers and adoptive parents; in the USA there are over 110,000 children who are in the care system waiting to be adopted and are ready for families. Globally, there’s a whole issue on how we care for children. In the UK, the government is the corporate parent of every child that’s in the care system. There has been a

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