This page looks at how you can get started with your journey to social investment, including suggested next steps and tools and resources that can help.
Find UK Wide and regional grants, information on Government support and new social investment funds. This section includes also included updates, programmes and articles supporting charities and social enterprises with financial resilience.
In this post, we explore the various guides and resources on the topic of energy resilience, available for anyone looking to understand more about how they can future-proof their organisation.
Ahead of International Women’s Day last weekend, we spoke to 4 female social entrepreneurs from across the UK to bring the Home Nations centre stage for the occasion.
Along with determination and hard work, it takes a whole lot of love to run a successful social enterprise. In this post, we’re excited to feature the stories of three social enterprises that were built with lots of love at their very core.
Ishita Ranjan is the Project Manager of Good Finance. She manages the website and content strategy, coordinates partners and stakeholders, and drives the direction of the project. In this post, she reflects on Good Finance's five key learnings from 2019.
Henna Patel, Communications Coordinator at School for Social Entrepreneurs, shares learnings from experts and social entrepreneurs with first hand experience with social impact measurement.
Gloucester-based sports company SoFab specifically works with young adults with learning difficulties. They received social investment from two sources, which they used to open new shops to help young adults with physical and learning disabilities into work. It's also helped them to become more...
ToolShed work with young people (15 to 19) who have had a difficult time at school and lost their confidence. They strengthen this confidence so they leave ready and focused on earning their own living.
Comic Relief is looking at ways in which social investment could be an important tool to catalyse social innovation and support social organisations to become more sustainable. As a long-term funder of social change, they have historically provided grant funding to support social organisations both...
We’ve all heard of Comic Relief , the major UK charity fighting for a world free from poverty. Through a busy calendar of events, Comic Relief has been fundraising to support organisations around the world since the 1980s. Interestingly, in recent years, Comic Relief has formed a social investment...
From curtain makers to music producers, there’s an exciting range of individuals and organisations using creative & innovative solutions to drive social change across the UK. No doubt this is a sector continuing to grow.