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Social Enterprise Awards 2026

14.00 - 16.00
18 Feb 2026
The Knowledge Exchange, Rose Bowl, City Campus

Join us for the Social Enterprise Awards 2025, hosted by the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Exchange (CEKE).

This award celebrates students with business ideas that have societal impact. the aim of the business is not purely to make a profit but to bring about positive change in our worlds.

Come along to:

Hear from our guest speaker: Charlie Allen , last year’s winner, sharing his journey and insights since taking home the top prize.
Watch the finalist pitches live: See our shortlisted students present their innovative, planet-positive business ideas for their chance to win a cash prize.
Network & celebrate: Meet like-minded students, staff, and guests who are passionate about enterprise, sustainability, and positive change.

This promises to be an inspiring afternoon celebrating creativity, innovation, and purpose-driven business.

For any questions, please contact: ceke@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

I’m Charlie, a first class graduate from Leeds Beckett with a passion for entrepreneurship. As a kid I was always searching for opportunities to create and build whether it was small ventures or dreaming up big ideas in my spare time.

An internship in the UAE later fuelled this passion and winning both the Social Enterprise Award and the EUREKA award at Leeds Beckett’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and Knowledge exchange really shaped my journey. Those experiences taught me that business can be so much more than turning a profit.

Manchester is my home and seeing challenges faced by people here pushed me to think bigger, to launch projects that could genuinely improve lives like boosting local health, supporting the youth and tackling isolation amongst the elderly. Not everything went the way I’d hoped with my first facility not getting funding but the lessons learnt stuck with me.

Now I’m launching new ventures like Pulse Reformer Pilates Studio and StudentMeals, all driven by the same values I learnt through CEKE. I’ve realised that when you focus on the people who need it most you’re not just making a difference - you often find the business becomes even more successful along the way.