Simon Tucker is the Chief Executive of The Young Foundation – which brings together insights, innovation and entrepreneurship to meet social needs. Our interview with Simon Tucker addresses some of the barriers facing social entrepreneurs attempting to bring their idea to market and discusses the disadvantages faced by social enterprises whose only or main customer is the public sector We also talk about NHS workers acting as social entrepreneurs, and Simon highlights the work of Bernadette Porter at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neuroscience as a great example and inspiration to others. The music 'Autumn Day' that features on all the podcasts has been used under Creative Commons license with thanks to Incomputech.