Cool2Care , a social enterprise and Community Interest Company (CIC) which supports families with disabled children and young people, received £500,000 of investment to expand its services in May. The...
Having decided it was “ more important to invest positively than to focus on the negative ,” in 2007, Friends Provident Foundation made its first impact investment, a £250,000 subordinated...
Philanthropists are increasingly being asked to make social investments. They are being encouraged to see social investment as a new asset class: neither a grant, where the money is never...
What drives a wealthy person to socially invest? According to recent research from NESTA ’ [1] the major driver is being able to achieve social impact over the desire for financial return.
Do philanthropists have a special role to play in social impact investing(SII)? Many think so and here CAF Venturesome’s Paul Cheng explains why a propensity to ‘give’ rather than ‘invest’...
Social impact investment (SII) brings together two unlikely bed-fellows: social good and financial return. This catalytic blend of capitalism and philanthropy could, say some, give rise to a whole new...
An invited response: Major funders and leading practitioners in the sector respond to the 10-point Action Plan to boost philanthropy across the cultural sector, announced by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt...
