Golden Lane Housing (GLH), the housing arm of Mencap, launched a £10m charity bond on 15 February 2013. It will raise money to buy homes for people with a learning...
Following recent market developments such as social investor Allia’s launch of a social impact bond aimed at retail investors on 4 February 2013, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has clarified its position...
“Social entrepreneurs are stultified by traditional forms of financing,” Sir Ronald Cohen and William A. Sahlman write in a Harvard Business Review blog last month: “The biggest obstacle to scale...
The Wood Family Trust (WFT) invested £7.5m in two Rwandan tea factories alongside Lord David Sainsbury’s Gatsby Foundation in December last year, its 2012 Annual Report revealed last month.
Social investor Allia this week launched the first social impact bond (SIB) offering to retail investors. The SIB for Essex County Council aims to improve the life outcomes of 380...
Over £17.5m has been committed in the first round of funding to a new impact investment fund aimed at early stage social innovations, launched by Nesta.
This year 154 social entrepreneurs from across the UK will receive grants and training from the School for Social Entrepreneurs, as part of the Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme,...