i-genius is a world community of social entrepreneurs, which promotes social entrepreneurship to a network of professionals in over 200 countries and supports the wider social economy. Founded by Tommy Hutchinson (CEO and Founder), i-genius is based in London and began trading in 2008.
i-genius has worked with a series of universities and previously worked on projects with Channel 4 as well as being recommended by BBC’s The World Challenge. It is a co-founder of the of the prestigious Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces and its annual Global Healthy Workplace Awards and Summit.
i-genius engages in a range of activities and programmes in order to promote and enhance social entrepreneurship and the wide social economy.
Our services include, but are not limited to the following:
- Profiles & Interviews–social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurship
– - Events– conferences, seminars, Awards programmes.
- i-genius Academy– a leading provider of social entrepreneur training to theBritish Council (12 countries) and hosts a growing global Alumni. Online learning and a package of support for Universities in developing courses and student recruitment to study social business related courses. i-genus has recently partnered with the University of Northampton for student recruitment and the soon to be launched Charity Bond Scholarship Programmes.
– - i-genius Support– supports the wider social economy through a range of services to support i-genius members and clients in accessing finance and obtaining new customers, including foreign trade. i-genius also works on the European Union projectWeb-COSI in partnership with the OECD, Istat and Lunaria and recently partnered with the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) and Royal Mail to launch CommonwealthFirst – a major new initiative to help SMEs trade and invest across the Commonwealth.
