When we did a fundraising event a few months ago to raise money for a school in South Africa, we were hugely supported by a charity called Global Ethics who provided us with bottles of “One” water for free. “One” is the brainchild of social entrepreneur, Duncan Goose, who was recently awarded European Entrepreneur of the Year. Duncan left his advertising role in 2004 to set up Global Ethics Ltd, an organisation whose primary remit is to raise funds by manufacturing and marketing products with all its profits going towards humanitarian projects in developing countries.
Global Ethics is currently celebrating the milestone of donating £3 million to fund water projects in Africa, giving over 840,000 people access to a clean, sustainable and safe drinking water source. They have funded over 420 Play Pump water systems; these are children’s roundabouts, which pump clear water from deep underground into storage tanks while kids have fun spinning on the Playpump merry-go-round, and over 84 HIV projects and 12 vegetable gardens.
“One” have just launched a fantastic competition to find talented young social entrepreneurs in the UK called “One Big Idea”. The competition aims to find the next social entrepreneur and engage people of all ages to create the next “One” branded ethical product to directly improve the lives of thousands of people in Malawi. The winning product will be launched in selected Co-operative food stores across the UK.
The competition is open to young people nationwide and will be judged by Duncan Bannatyne and Doug Richard amongst others. Commenting on the competition, Duncan Bannatyne said:“The One Big Idea will not only inspire a new generation of social entrepreneurs, but will also show them how they can directly make a difference to communities in Malawi.”
This is an amazing and unique opportunity for an individual to really change lives around the world, the winner will work closely with the Global Ethics team to source their product, put their winning idea into production and produce the media campaign to support it.
To find out more about how to enter the competition, visit www.onebigidea.org.uk
You can enter at home, at school, at work, on your own or as part of a team. So please let everyone know.
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 am
Keep meaning to say that I love your new site. And I know EXACTLY where that picture was taken!!
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Thanks and that means a lot because I wouldn’t want to have upset anyone who knows the place intimately by changing the colour of the elephants! Amazing isn’t it that you know where the picture was taken…..Lx
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:42 am
Hi! I do absolutely love those coloured elephants… I seem to not be able to leave comments on the latest post, only on the older ones! Feeling inadequate..
Anyway, so sorry to read your previous one about the propaganda. This sort of thing just makes me want to scream. It seems terribly unfair, and really unnecessary getting the kids involved too!!
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 am
Thanks Karen for persevering with comments will sort soon hopefully…don’t feel inadequate! Lx