Shaun Doran, CEO FRC Group, shares the good, bad and ugly story of their road to social investment. FRC Group used social investment to tackle furniture poverty.

David Jenkins, Managing Director Arts at The Mill CIC, talks about the role social investment played in renovating property in Wigan to be used by the community with arts and culture.

Rachel from Hulme Community Garden Centre shares their story of using community shares.

Vinelife Church share their experience of being a faith-based organisation taking on a secured loan.

At Good Finance Live in Manchester, CEO of Love For The Streets CIC Jonah Ogbuneke shares their experience of taking on blended finance from GMCVO.

At Let's Talk Good Finance in Leicester, we heard from Yasin El Ashrafi, whose won several accolades with his social enterprise, HQ CAN (Creative Arts Network) and HQ Recording. HQ works with local disadvantaged people and helps them to experience and progress in the music industry.

At Let's Talk Good Finance in York, we heard from Sam Leach who is co-founder and director of Spark York (www.sparkyork.org), a community-led social enterprise who used social investment to regenerate a brownfield space and turn it into retail space.

At Let's Talk Good Finance in Braintree, CEO Matt King of mental health & wellbeing charity Trust Links talks about their experience of taking on social investment via a loan from Charity Bank

At Let's Talk Good Finance in Rochester, charity Medway Plus CEO Peter Vogel talks about their experience of taking on social investment via a loan from Kent Community Foundation. Listen to hear what it involved and the opportunities it brought their charity - including how it helped them be more...

At Let's Talk Good Finance in Salford, Dr Iyabo Fatimilehin from Just Psychology CIC talks about their experience of taking on social investment via blended finance from First Ark and the Reach Fund.

Richard Thickpenny shares insights into the development of 'Yield Sharing Finance'. Richard works for social enterprise Ashley Community Housing (ACH). Together with Resonance Limited, a social investor, the two organisations created the Yield Sharing Investment Model. Compliant with Islamic Law...

At Let's Talk Good Finance in Birmingham, the Community Giants director John Palmer talks about why they decided to take on social investment through NatWest Social & Community Capital and shares their experience. We also hear from John Murray, a loans officer at NatWest Social & Community Capital...