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How to reap the strategic benefits from integration?

By Bonnie Chiu & Natsayi Sithole Deciding to acquire (Bonnie) The scaling up journey in entrepreneurship is stacked against women. According to Rose Review, male SMEs are five times more likely to scale up to £1million turnover than female SMEs. In UK social investment, data collected by three prominent social investors in 2021 across a…

Has the Retreat from DEI Reached the UK?

Have UK Corporates Stepped Back from Their DEI Commitments Following the US Shift? The US Backdrop Donald Trump’s executive orders have sparked a marked rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts across the US. Cuts in public sector DEI roles and the quiet exit of corporations from earlier diversity…

Welcoming TSIC’s new Intern, Jason Yap Kwai Peen

Tell us a bit about yourself I am currently a third-year student majoring in International Business Law at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. My interest in social impact and sustainability has grown through my studies, where I have been exposed to policy-making efforts that seek to balance community welfare with…

Sustaining Courage, Inclusion, and Reimagining Systems: Reflections from events at Oxford

 By Timothy Cheng, Senior Consultant at TSIC In a world grappling with intensifying climate crises, growing inequality, and political polarisation, the social impact sector faces unprecedented challenges that demand both innovative thinking and sustained commitment. As funding resources become increasingly constrained and complex problems require more collaborative approaches, practitioners need…

Opening up about our merger and acquisition journey

By Bonnie Chiu, MD, TSIC (This is part one of a four-part series of blogs sharing lessons from our acquisition of TSIP and Renaisi) We’ve had a few tough years in the social impact space – and the challenges seem to keep growing, from backlash against civil liberties to economic…

Welcoming TSIC’s new Intern, Sadhana Venkatesh

Tell us a bit about yourself? I’m currently a third year student studying Education and Human Development located at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. I am studying abroad in London in an International Relations program which is what brings me here! I’m really passionate about youth, policy, and how…

Welcoming TSIC’s new Intern Sheila Garcia

Tell us a bit about yourself I’m currently studying abroad in London for this semester from Boston University!. I’m a health science and public policy student! My interest in non-profit work stems from my own lived experiences with programs that have aided me in getting to where I am today!…

Reading Between the Lines of Invitations to Tender and Conferences with TSIC

Towards the end of last year, we took a step back to reflect on how the evaluation sector has evolved. At TSIC, our recent tender research project set out to explore the approaches, methodologies, and subject matter expertise most commonly sought by evaluation commissioners and discussed at major European and…

Building a Decentralised EEC: Reflections from Our Governance Workshop

On 7th February 2025, the Equitable Evaluation Collective (EEC) hosted a governance workshop to explore how we can move towards a more decentralised model. With participation from eight engaged members, we discussed how EEC can evolve to better reflect and serve its growing community. This workshop is part of our…