The story of how Founder CEO Josie Naughton ‘accidentally’ launched and grew the charity Help Refugees and its iconic brand Choose Love to become the largest grassroots distributor of aid in Europe is fascinating and inspirational. And it all happened incredibly quickly.
In this in-depth interview we hear Josie’s personal founder story, the challenges and tough times, as well as the impact and successes. She tells us about the key stages she and her team went through to enable rapid growth; the logistics of delivering food and shelter to refugee camps across Europe, raising millions in donations, ensuring due diligence, working with partners, changing attitudes and UK laws.
We also hear how their Choose Love T-shirts, shop and campaigns have mobilised awareness and funds, supported by celebrities from the fashion and music industry.
&nbsp;“Looking back on it now, we were utterly crazy,” says Josie!
Josie covers so much in this interview, it’s a fascinating listen.

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Help Refugees & Choose Love CEO Josie Naughton's founder journey

Trewin Restorick is the founder of two innovative and high-impact UK charities, Global Action Plan and Hubbub.
Trewin's interview for Social Founder Stories is full of advice and insights on how to create and scale, not one, but two successful social enterprises. Trewin talks about what he calls “founder spirit” -&nbsp;his love of starting up and jeopardy. He shares insights into the key stages he's been through to create both financial sustainability and social impact, from starting up to letting go, and then starting again, to create and grow first Global Action Plan and now Hubbub.
Trewin covers a range of areas from boards and trustees, partnerships with major corporates, the importance of values and credibility, business plans (he doesn’t like them!), charities and trading companies, creative campaigns and legacy. 
And along the way, there's talk of frogs and lily pads, plastic fishing and fun, teams and transformation. Enjoy listening to this creative, entrepreneurial and values-driven social founder.

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Hubbub CEO Trewin Restorick talks about how to start up , scale and let go

Sarah Corbett, founder of the iconic Craftivist Collective, with her 50,000 global followers, tells us that she is at heart an introvert and a 'reluctant social founder’!

Sarah Corbett's founder journey, her brilliant use of social media, her ground-breaking creative campaigns, Craftivist workshops and her fast-selling 'How to be a Craftivist' book, all come together to create a powerful story about how one social founder can have far-reaching impact for individuals, for communities and globally.

Passionate about both craft and activism, Sarah uses what she calls "the gentle art of stitching" to engage people around the world in social justice issues, helping change laws, company policies, hearts and minds.

Sarah is incredibly honest in this in-depth interview, sharing the details of her campaign strategies, the agonies of self-doubt, and her tools for personal resilience, financial innovation, organisational growth and deep social impact. Enjoy listening to her story.

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Social Founder Stories is brought to you by the&nbsp;Social Founder Network, in association with the CIVA, the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action. You can find out more about CIVA's innovative work, and support them, at&nbsp;www.CIVA.org.uk

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Thank you for listening, and remember to subscribe to the Social Founder Stories podcast, and leave us a great review so we can attract more listeners, thanks again.&nbsp;caroline@socialfounder.org


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