There's never been a better time for social investors to rewrite their rulebooks. Niamh Goggin, Helen Heap and Richard Litchfield suggest three ways they could start.
UK high street banks have been called upon to support emergency loan fund for social ventures, while social investors promise three-week turnaround and regular reviews to adapt and improve the fund where needed.
Investing for impact often requires alternative investment structures, but it's not always easy to understand the options. Toniic's John Berger on revenue-based financing, steward ownership and blended finance – and how the Impact Terms Project can help.
The direct link between the social investment market and growing social enterprise appears to be slipping, writes the Social Enterprise UK chair – it's time to hear what social entrepreneurs need.
"No looking back and no preconceptions," promises Lord Victor Adebowale as he begins to dig into UK's £3.5bn social investment market – with consultation of social enterprises to begin shortly.
Research from The Young Foundation – seen as a first step in the “learning journey” – recommends setting up a group to explore low-cost tools and to test new ways of hearing from the people social investors aim to serve.
What does ‘investment-ready’ actually mean? At the Impact!Africa Social Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi last month, representatives from four different impact funds shared their tips.
VIDEO: What does investing for impact actually mean? How does such an investor behave, and what principles do they live by? Watch this 5-minute introduction to EVPA's new Charter of Investors for Impact.
What happens when a philanthropic foundation starts offering repayable finance? Anything from stronger relationships with investees to “awful situations”, as we heard recently. Pioneers Post digs a little deeper.
