Backed by foundations, philanthropists, businesses and social investors, the programme provides finance, mentoring and business development support for entrepreneurs who are building scalable, high impact, sustainable businesses. We have initially identified 20 enterprises as our first Nexters. All our Nexters are developing wholly new ways to enable people to either give – time, expertise, money – or engage – democratically, with public services and with civil society. All are using networked technologies – Web, mobile or games – to ensure that their services can scale for maximum impact and be accessible to everyone in the UK.
Alison Baum
CEO - Best Beginnings
Best Beginnings is a charity dedicated to ending child health inequalities in the UK. We are committed to giving every baby the healthiest possible start in life. Our vision is a future in which all c... read more
Anna Pearson
Founder - Spots of Time
Spots of Time works with a range of community organisations in East London and devises bite-size, creative ways for people to volunteer. read more
Ben Weston
Director - Your Forum
‘It’s time to Neighbourhood Plan’ enables its community members to interact with a map of their Town, District, Borough or City and make decisions on and ask questions about buildings, services ... read more
Benita Matofska
Founder - The People Who Share
People Who Share will act as a sustainable stock exchange for the ‘sharing services’ sector by building a global marketplace of sharing which includes car sharing, peer to peer rental, redistribut... read more
Diane Shawe
CEO - The Academy of Vocational and Professional Training
The Academy of Vocational and Professional Training has launched a sophisticated LMS solution were the user interface is clean, clear, accessible, and easy to understand. Accessible from a variety o... read more
Ed Baker
CEO, Founder - Education Games Network
From tablet games to browser-based learning platforms, Education Games Network builds next-generation social learning tools that teach kids the things they need to be successful in their lives. EGN ha... read more
Iris Lapinski
CEO - CDI Europe/Apps for Good
Apps for Good is a programme where young people learn to identify small and big problems in their lives and communities which they can start tackling through apps. read more
Kelly Klein
Founder - Student @ Home
Student@Home is an IT support service that creates employment opportunities for IT students by connecting them with home computer users in need of support. Student@Home’s vision is to become a leadi... read more
Lee Cannon
Founder - fairsharemusic
Fairsharemusic.com is a music download store where users can make a direct social impact simply by downloading music. Visitors to the store can browse and preview a catalogue of over 22 million tra... read more
Lee Hazzard
Founder - Fused Education
Fused Education specialises in creating online and mobile app courses in money management and employability read more
Martyn Sibley
Managing Director - Sunnier Days Ltd
Sunnier Days mission is to inspire, inform and change the world on disability issues through online community and technology. With influential magazine www.disabilityhorizons.com, elearning projects, ... read more
Michelle Clothier and Sam Conniff
Somewhereto_ is a nationwide project that gives 16 to 25 year olds support to access the spaces they need to do the things they love doing within sport, culture and the arts. The programme aims to ins... read more
Paul Skinner
Founder - Pimp My Cause
Pimp My Cause connects charities and social ventures with top marketers who can provide transformational input pro bono through an online matching service, a curated knowledge-environment and interact... read more
Peter Thomond and Richard Raynes
Founders - SportInspired
SportInspired is a social enterprise that has pioneered Community Games- fun, festivallike, multi-sport competition that is designed and managed in part or in its entirety by local people to enhance o... read more
Sharon Cook
Founder - My Mates Rates
We support local businesses by providing a platform for them to promote ’Mates Rates’ to win new customers and get them to spend locally! We help local people as we have an option for them to buy ... read more
Thomas Sweetman
Director - Stickyboard
A Social Enterprise aimed at bringing communities together. Acting as a Facebook for communities, Stickyboard provides each borough with their own online community noticeboard where people can share, ... read more
Tom Latchford
Founder - Raising IT
Raising IT is a social media platform for charities to enable them to raise more funds, cut costs and engage more volunteers. Raising IT aims to provide an affordable and advancing social platform for... read more
Nexter Evenings
Somerset House
We host regular events which provide great opportunities for our Nexters to meet and collaborate with each other as well as present their ideas to our partners and supporters... read more