Introducing the first cohort of Everyone's Business programme!
Meet the 11 social enterprises contributing to a more inclusive, sustainable, and hopeful Sweden.
Around the world, LGBTQI+ people still face barriers that make everyday life more difficult and less safe. These barriers include access to education, healthcare, housing, and a sense of belonging. At the core is something very simple: everyone deserves the same rights, the same respect and the same opportunity to live a good life—no matter their age, gender identity or sexual orientation.
In 2025, all participating social entrepreneurs came together around this single theme to create a true win–win: supporting their growth and accelerating their impact, while strengthening our understanding and capabilities around equality, inclusion and belonging. We worked in close collaboration with the IKEA EDI teams to ensure the learning from Dela V was practical, relevant, and connected to the challenges we meet in everyday life.
“We chose Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as the shared focus in Dela V because it’s at the heart of who we are at IKEA—and because real change happens when we learn together with the people closest to the reality. Through our partnership with Ashoka, we bring social entrepreneurs and IKEA co-workers together to exchange skills, test ideas in real challenges, and learn from lived experience. The result is a true win–win: stronger social enterprises, and a deeper understanding at IKEA of how equality, inclusion and belonging are built in practice,” says Tina Molund, Co-worker Engagement Leader, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship.
Many entrepreneurs come from countries where IKEA operates. Others are included because their solutions bring insights we can learn from anywhere. That’s a core belief in Dela V: when the challenge is complex, we all benefit from different experiences and viewpoints.
Two powerful examples from Dela V are Fundación 26 de Diciembre in Spain and Mocha Celis in Argentina. In different ways, they take on inequality head‑on—and turn dignity, equality and inclusion into real, everyday change.
Their flagship initiative, the Mocha Celis High School in Buenos Aires, the first of its kind globally, offers an inclusive learning environment that combines secondary education with vocational training. Each year, more than 100 students aged 16 to 60 enrol, building pathways to further studies and meaningful jobs.
Beyond the classroom, Mocha Celis has inspired similar models across Latin America and helped shift public narratives through cultural work and advocacy.
Together, these organisations show what inclusion can look like in practice: safe homes, access to education, and communities where people can belong.
Learning from the people closest to the reality
Dela is a programme for social entrepreneurs, co-created by IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Ashoka. For the fifth edition of Dela, a new approach was taken, by bringing all participating social entrepreneurs together around one shared theme. We chose to focus on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), an area that matters deeply to IKEA and offers valuable learning from social entrepreneurs working closely with communities affected by exclusion.In 2025, all participating social entrepreneurs came together around this single theme to create a true win–win: supporting their growth and accelerating their impact, while strengthening our understanding and capabilities around equality, inclusion and belonging. We worked in close collaboration with the IKEA EDI teams to ensure the learning from Dela V was practical, relevant, and connected to the challenges we meet in everyday life.
“We chose Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as the shared focus in Dela V because it’s at the heart of who we are at IKEA—and because real change happens when we learn together with the people closest to the reality. Through our partnership with Ashoka, we bring social entrepreneurs and IKEA co-workers together to exchange skills, test ideas in real challenges, and learn from lived experience. The result is a true win–win: stronger social enterprises, and a deeper understanding at IKEA of how equality, inclusion and belonging are built in practice,” says Tina Molund, Co-worker Engagement Leader, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship.
Complex challenges need many perspectives
In Dela V, each social entrepreneur is teamed up with a cross-functional group of co-workers from IKEA. Typically, that includes a senior IKEA leader in the role of thought partner, a participant from the IKEA Next Generation Leaders programme, and specialist expertise when it’s needed.Many entrepreneurs come from countries where IKEA operates. Others are included because their solutions bring insights we can learn from anywhere. That’s a core belief in Dela V: when the challenge is complex, we all benefit from different experiences and viewpoints.
Two powerful examples from Dela V are Fundación 26 de Diciembre in Spain and Mocha Celis in Argentina. In different ways, they take on inequality head‑on—and turn dignity, equality and inclusion into real, everyday change.
Supporting LGBTQ elders age with dignity
Based in Madrid and active across Spain, Fundación 26 de Diciembre supports and empowers LGBTQ people who often live with the long-term effects of discrimination and isolation. Through a biopsychosocial approach, they offer social and psychological support, housing solutions and community-building activities.
The enterprise is also developing a specialised residential care facility for older LGBTQ people, providing safe, affirming spaces where residents can feel seen and connected. So far, the foundation has reached more than 5,000 LGBTQ elders, helping reduce loneliness and strengthen belonging later in life.
Turning equality into action together
In Argentina, Mocha Celis tackles inequality faced by cross‑dressers, trans and non‑binary people by opening doors to education.Their flagship initiative, the Mocha Celis High School in Buenos Aires, the first of its kind globally, offers an inclusive learning environment that combines secondary education with vocational training. Each year, more than 100 students aged 16 to 60 enrol, building pathways to further studies and meaningful jobs.
Beyond the classroom, Mocha Celis has inspired similar models across Latin America and helped shift public narratives through cultural work and advocacy.
A shared vision for a fairer everyday life
Working in different contexts, Fundación 26 de Diciembre and Mocha Celis share the same belief: a fair society is one where everyone is treated as equal and can live with dignity, safety and opportunity throughout life. By addressing exclusion at its roots, they remind us that inclusion isn’t a “nice to have”. It’s something we build, protect and stand up for together.Together, these organisations show what inclusion can look like in practice: safe homes, access to education, and communities where people can belong.