Big Society Capital's new Engagement Manager, Katie Fulford-Smith, shares her first impressions of the social impact investing world and her introduction to Good Finance at Good Finance Live in Newcastle.

Social impact is a term that's thrown around all over the place - about 3,610,000,000 search results on Google. But there's no one-size-fits-all definition for it.

After 32 Let’s Talk Good Finance (LTGF) events , there has been a lot of learning about what social investment is and what it isn’t. Here, we take a look at the highlights from that learning.

It’s often pretty darn expensive to help people in need or tackle environmental issues, as well you know. Trouble is, the grants won’t keep coming forever, donations to charities are dropping , and public-sector funding is as elusive as an agreed deal on Brexit.

We often get asked what the differences are between the various tax reliefs available to charities and social enterprises. This is why, together with Bates Wells Braithwaite (BWB), we are pleased to publish A Simple Guide to Tax Reliefs . As well as covering the relatively new Social Investment Tax...

In memory of Mike Britten, Founder and CEO of Goodwill Solutions CIC.

While there is plenty of research available on the demand from investors for social investment opportunities there’s far less knowledge and understanding of what charities and social enterprise want from the social investment market.

If you’re visiting this website it’s probably because you were thinking about social investment and wanted to understand more about it.