16: Episode 15 - Local Access Bradford District

In this month's episode Prof. David Spicer is joined by Dr Amizan Omar and Kamran Rashid as they explore social enteprises and investment with particular focus on the Bradford district. The episode delves into the role played by the Local Access Bradford District in supporting social innovation whilst provides insight into the need for social impact, measures of success for social enterprise and how organisations are playing their role to break barriers to ensure support and funding is available to all.

Kamran Rashid is the CEO and cofounder of the Impact Hub Bradford and a passionate and committed advocate and worker for social enterprise in the city and beyond. Kamran is also founder of The Socially Conscious Company, a private training and consultancy company, specialising in youth culture, diversity & inclusion and specialist engagement and a Non-Executive Director of the Leeds Local Enterprise Partnership and of Bradford City of Culture 2025 Trust.

Dr Amizan Omar is Associate Professor in Strategic Management, and Director of Accreditation in the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences here at the University. Her research is interdisciplinary in nature focusing on the institutionalisation of digital technology in organisations, particularly the role of digital technologies and their interplays with institutional actors and structures in the context of public sector service transformation, and their implication on tackling managerial and societal issues, for sustainable societies.

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