About Andrew Mawson Partnerships

Andrew Mawson Partnerships brings long experience of a social entrepreneurial approach to the building of communities and to tackling some of the most intransigent problems of the inner city and other socially disadvantaged areas.

Andrew Mawson Partnerships is led by Lord Mawson OBE, one of the Britain’s foremost social entrepreneurs. Over 25 years he has created a family of projects, in particular the renowned Bromley-by-Bow Centre in East London.

Bromley by Bow Centre. Architects: Wyatt Maclaren

Andrew is leader, motivator and adviser to a number of major projects including Water City, a visionary plan to revitalise east London and a vehicle for true Olympic legacy.

Andrew Mawson Partnerships draws upon the skills and experience of the social entrepreneurs in the network to create and implement solutions to some of the most pressing social challenges in Britain today.

To find out how Andrew Mawson Partnerships may be able to assist you, contact Colin Bayley, Business Manager at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Social Entrepreneur
Making communities work

Andrew Mawson’s book The Social Entrepreneur was published recently

‘Andrew Mawson is social justice in motion. A hard hitting, tough-talking gentle doer of big business change. This book is essential if you want a future’
John Bird, founder of The Big Issue

‘Community comes from two Latin words; com and munos, translated literally as “together in gift”. This is Andrew’s starting point as it should be for any social entrepreneur. Buy this book, even if you think it’s not relevant to you in your life’
Tim Smit, founder of The Eden Project

The Social Entrepreneur is now in bookshops and online.