Social Entrepreneur Support Manager at UnLtd

Thomas is a Social Entrepreneur Support Manager at UnLtd, working on the frontline supporting social entrepreneurs from across Scotland. His job is to find social entrepreneurs and help them with funding and support to make big things happen. He's interested in finding solutions to spark more social innovation in our most deprived communities, which are often areas that could benefit most from social enterprise activity. Prior to UnLtd he worked in the private sector in logistics and supply chain management. As you can imagine, logistics isn’t the most exciting job and so he decided to re-train and did a postgraduate qualification in Community Development and worked in a number of community development and regeneration roles. He then found UnLtd and has enjoyed working with and supporting social entrepreneurs since 2007.

Social Entrepreneur

Alice is the CEO and co-founder at SIC (Sick in the City CIC). Alice was born with a variety of respiratory issues and was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. She is a disabled and neurodiverse entrepreneur. Prior to founding SIC, Alice spent over a decade in marketing, communications, and research; specialising in equity, diversity, and inclusion particularly women in STEM and widening diversity in leadership roles. SIC is a social enterprise based in Coventry that works to close the disability employment gap in the UK. Founded in 2021, SIC has worked with over 250 businesses and 300 disabled professionals so far.

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Social Entrepreneur

Robbie is a social entrepreneur and founder of the social enterprise Lingo Flamingo which is based in Glasgow. Lingo Flamingo uses language learning as a method to increase both the well-being and cognitive functions of older adults; as there is some very interesting research which shows that learning language can reduce the effects of brain ageing and helps to build up resilience for the brain. Over the last 15 years he has worked in different capacities within the third sector and in 2022 completed a PhD which focused on exploring the impact created by social enterprises who work with older adults. He is passionate about social change, especially the way in which older adults and people living with dementia are both perceived and treated in society. He is an easy-going guy who loves to support people with their social entrepreneurial journey.

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Social Entrepreneur Support Manager at UnLtd

Nuala started her career as an awareness raising officer supporting young people considering self-employment as a career option, she then went on to work on the community business start-up programme in Belfast. Before joining UnLtd in 2003, she worked for an all-island peace building charity on cross border economic programmes and opportunities. She is a passionate member of the team and is motivated by seeing the difference an UnLtd Award can make to the lives of our social entrepreneurs and in turn their beneficiaries. Nuala is married with two teenage children, trained as a dementia friend, and has recently taken up cycling.