Blog
Our 'UK regional and national spotlight' campaign focuses on ‘Place’, spotlighting the power of social investment from each and every corner of the UK. Today, we’re spotlighting the Scotland...
Blog
Having recently explored Shariah Compliant Investing in a previous blog, we wanted to spotlight an organisation that had created a Shariah Compliant Investment product from start to finish, and understand more about the challenges and opportunities this innovative model of financing can present for...
Podcast
Today we are joined by Louis Speight who is a European record-breaking Paralympian wheelchair racer from Doncaster and has been names one of the most exceptional young entrepreneurs in the UK.
Podcast
Our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Yorkshire and Humber event was designed for those exploring social investment opportunities for the first time or anyone interested in finding out how social enterprises have taken on small amounts of repayable finance to make transformational change.
Podcast
At Let's Talk Good Finance in Leeds, The Link CIC managing director Tina Jackson talks about why they decided to take on social investment through Big Issue Invest. Listen to hear about the challenges they faced and the opportunities social investment brought. Tina also shares her key learnings from...
Blog
Many ex-offenders are reconvicted within one year of release. There is plenty of research to say that many prisoners think having a job is a vital part of keeping them out of prison. The problem is finding employment on release can be difficult, particularly for those who were unemployed before they...