Dolphin Living’s Retail Charity Bond raising £25m in 24 hours got our attention. But how can individuals get in on this impact investing stuff? To get some clarity, we talked to Phil Caroe, director of social finance at Allia.
A fund aimed at improving social investment infrastructure heads up our latest briefing. Plus Big Society Capital buys more shares in Charity Bank and UK leads the way in social innovation competition.
Stocks, shares, pensions. There's potentially loads of money just lying about that could be handed to social ventures apparently. But will the companies managing the assets hand it over?
A poll commissioned by Big Society Capital finds that a significant number of pension holders are keen that their money is invested socially. It comes on the back of government recommendations to incentivise 'social pensions'.
Big Society Capital (BSC) recently held an event where anyone could ask a question about its operations. Geetha Rabindrakumar, head of social sector engagement at BSC, offers a case study that gives some answers.
CEO of Big Society Capital Cliff Prior proved keen to give answers at a public event focused on transparency. Plus we got to find out how much BSC costs...
As the UK government is pushed for details on its Brexit plans, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation sets out a new deal to ensure kids reaching adulthood after the UK leaves the EU will enter a prosperous country.
