The Social Impact Journal

Jack Farren
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The Social Impact Journal

The Social Impact Journal is a podcast talking to changemakers who are driving social impact across the world. In the journal, we aim to share stories, lessons and experiences from our guests to inspire our listeners to begin or continue working towards social impact. 

  1. #55 - Building Leaders to Transform the Economy with Tom Rippin, Founder and CEO at OnPurpose

    FEB 3

    #55 - Building Leaders to Transform the Economy with Tom Rippin, Founder and CEO at OnPurpose

    In this conversation, Tom Rippin shares his journey into social entrepreneurship, detailing his transition from academia to the commercial sector and ultimately to founding On Purpose, a program designed to train individuals for purpose-driven careers. He discusses the challenges and successes of launching the program, the growth it has experienced, and the evolving training needs of its associates. Rippin emphasizes the importance of integrating social and commercial skills to create impactf...

    41 min
  2. #54 - Coffee, Cocoa and Colombia: The Reality for Smallholder Farmers

    11/25/2024

    #54 - Coffee, Cocoa and Colombia: The Reality for Smallholder Farmers

    In Bogota, Jack meets Juan Carlos Castrillón Ferro, a Consultant, Entrepreneur, Researcher and Agrifood Expert based in Colombia. In the episode, we cover: - The challenges that smallholder farmers face in Colombia - New innovations in the coffee and cocoa sector - The impact of new regulations including the incoming European Union Deforestation Regulations (#EUDR) Connect with Juan Carlos on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juankastrillon/ Keep up-to-date with our socials here...

    26 min
  3. #53 - Changing The Way the World Sees Water with Georgie Murray, Belu

    08/26/2024

    #53 - Changing The Way the World Sees Water with Georgie Murray, Belu

    Want to be the first to know about the latest episodes and have your chance to ask future guests your own questions? Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/iTjWSw Released in World Water Week 2024, Jack meets Georgie Murray, Brand and Impact Partnerships Lead at Belu to discuss how the social enterprise has given over £5,800,000 of net profits to Water Aid and to other nature-based projects in the UK. Belu is a U.K social enterprise, drinks and water filtration company. The compa...

    18 min
  4. #52 - Why It's Important To Fail Forward in International Development with Emily Janoch, CARE

    08/19/2024

    #52 - Why It's Important To Fail Forward in International Development with Emily Janoch, CARE

    Want to be the first to know about the latest episodes and have your chance to ask future guests your own questions? Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/iTjWSw Jack meets with Emily Janoch, Associate Vice President of Thought Leadership and Design at CARE to discuss the importance of failing forward. Emily started the CARE Failing Forward Podcast to create a space for staff and external stakeholders around the world to talk about the experiences they learn from failure, and ho...

    22 min
  5. #51 - What Young People Need To Be Taught At Work with Carla Hoppe, Founder of Wealthbrite

    08/12/2024

    #51 - What Young People Need To Be Taught At Work with Carla Hoppe, Founder of Wealthbrite

    Date: Monday 12th August 2024 Jack meets with Carla Hoppe, Founder of Wealthbrite to discuss what young people need to be taught at work. Carla is the founder of Wealthbrite, whose mission is to help businesses cultivate financially and commercially savvy talent. Wealthbrite was born out of Carla's understanding of the critical need to bridge the financial skills gap, especially among early-career professionals. This gap is striking; while those at the top are fluent in the language o...

    32 min
  6. #50 - Building Purpose Aligned Businesses at LSE Generate with Dr Paroma Bhattacharya

    08/05/2024

    #50 - Building Purpose Aligned Businesses at LSE Generate with Dr Paroma Bhattacharya

    Date: Monday 5th August 2024 To celebrate the 50th episode of The Social Impact Journal, we welcome Episode 1 guest Dr Paroma Bhattacharya back to the show to catch up about how her team at LSE Generate are helping to build purpose aligned businesses. Paroma is the Head of Social Innovation at LSE Generate. She leads Research and Programme Delivery in the domain of Social Innovation for LSE Generate, the Entrepreneurship Hub at the The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),...

    34 min
  7. #49 - Inside the Mind of a Donor with Andy King, Director of Fireside Fundraising

    07/29/2024

    #49 - Inside the Mind of a Donor with Andy King, Director of Fireside Fundraising

    Date - Monday 29th July 2024 Andy King joins Jack Farren on The Social Impact Journal to share expertise as a fundraiser and discuss how a donor thinks. Andy King is an award-winning storyteller. In July 2022, Fundraising Magazine named him ‘the most influential fundraiser in the UK’. Andy’s passion is helping charities tell their most important stories to those with the power to change the ending. This has led him to kickstart corporate partnerships programmes from a standing start to a va...

    30 min
  8. #48 - How Inclusive Economics can help us ALL thrive with Arunjay Katakam

    07/22/2024

    #48 - How Inclusive Economics can help us ALL thrive with Arunjay Katakam

    Date - Monday 22nd July 2024 Arunjay Katakam joins Jack Farren on The Social Impact Journal to discuss his new book 'Generation Hope: How Inclusive Economics can help us all Thrive.' Over the last two decades, Arunjay has had a front row seat in development and finance, both on the rich and poor side of the coin. He believes that our current economic system is broken and growth at all costs is unsustainable. Arunjay shares why he left investment banking for international development, why h...

    36 min
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The Social Impact Journal is a podcast talking to changemakers who are driving social impact across the world. In the journal, we aim to share stories, lessons and experiences from our guests to inspire our listeners to begin or continue working towards social impact. 

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  • Creator
    Jack Farren
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    56
  • Rating
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    © 2025 The Social Impact Journal
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