Creating Business.

Transforming Lives.

What we do

Enactus Nottingham is a not-for-profit, student-led organisation that exists within the University of Nottingham. We work to transform the lives of people in need through the power of business. We do this by setting up social enterprises that provide employment and their by-product does both social and environmental good.

Enactus Nottingham runs social enterprises both in the UK and internationally, with a team of over 115 students at the forefront of social entrepreneurship; laying the path for change.

We work by identifying problems and carrying out needs assessments to come up with solutions to real world problems.

We have strong partnerships with the communities we work in, as well as in the corporate world to aid our delivery.

We work closely with the University of Nottingham, in order to harness their diverse expertise to help further our social enterprises' success.

Our mission

We believe in harnessing the power of business to create sustainable and scalable change to a diverse range of beneficiary groups around the world.

Our student-led teams continually experiment with and innovative new business models to truly transform the lives of others.

Therefore our mission is to:

'Create business. Transform lives.'

What is Enactus?

UN Sustainable

Development Goals

In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for sustainable development. These goals have the power to create a better world by 2030, by ending poverty, fighting inequality and addressing the urgency of climate change. Guided by the goals, it is now up to all of us. At Enactus, we’ve found an approach that works. One that creates sustainable, lasting change. Entrepreneurial action and business innovation that creates social impact.

Together, we can achieve the Global Goals.

Our Impact

14 SDGs

160
Students

8
Projects

8
National Championships

2 Innovation Teams

2135
Lives Impacted
2021/22

289 Tonnes
CO2 Emissions Prevented
2021/22

£54,524
Revenue Generated
2021/22

26 Tonnes

Food Saved From Landfill

2019/20

Our achievements

2022

2021

Enactus UK National Semi-finalists
Enactus UK National Champions

Enactus World Cup Semi-Finalists

2020

2019

2018

Enactus World Cup Semi-Finalists

Enactus UK National Champions

Ford COVID-19 College Challenge

UoN Sustainability Award

Universitas21 Most Impact Award

Cascade Grant

Enactus World Cup Semi-Finalists

Enactus UK National Champions

UoNSU Community Patner of the Year Award

Cascade Grant

Enactus UK National Semi-finalists

The Wilko Social Entrepreneurship Award

Ford Motor Company Fund Award

Cascade Grant

2017

2016

2015

Enactus UK National Semi-finalists

Enactus World Cup Semi-Finalists

Enactus UK National Champions

Enactus UK National Semi-finalists

Green Gown Award for Enterprise and Employability

Our projects

Local Projects

Commercial Projects

Commercial Ventures

SENSE Events

Colouria

Foodprint

Tackling food waste and food insecurity through Nottingham’s first social supermarket and a surplus food redistribution network.

Razoration

Equipping homeless individuals with employable skills to enhance their job prospects, bringing them out of poverty and improving their standard of living.

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Ecologeco

Reducing methane emissions through feeding livestock seaweed to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

U-Cycle

Encouraging an active, environmentally friendly lifestyle that contributes towards the health and well-being of our academic community through affordable bike rental services.

SENSE Events

Creating a ‘S.E.N.S.E.’ of community while raising money to provide a financial grounding for Enactus Nottingham’s social enterprises.

Colouria

Colouria is an innovation project, aiming to tackle water wastage in textile dyeing by using pigments produced by live bacteria to dye fabric.

Purpose for Plastics

Purpose for Plastics is an innovation project, which uses injection modelling to reduce plastic waste by repurposing plastic bottle lids into new products.

Empower

Empower is tackling period poverty by producing sustainable, reusable sanitary pads and encouraging a safe space for a conversation surrounding menstruation through an innovative education programme and pad-making workshops.

Nutrigreens

Nutrigreens is a social enterprise aiming to tackle malnutrition. They have created an interactive 'Healthy Future Resource Pack' to educate and empower young children. Funds raised from selling the resource pack will be used to provide children in Uganda with micronutrient supplements.