Three years since Big Society Capital was founded, CEO Nick O’Donohoe has announced the social investment bank is launching "a Conversation" with stakeholders to ensure that it is more transparent going forward.
As we head towards the end of Christian Aid Week, David Bull from think tank NPC says it’s time to pay closer attention to the 32,000 religious charities in the UK.
The ‘father of social investment’ Sir Ronald Cohen has opened The Foundry, a new social justice hub in London that aims to foster social innovation and social sector collaboration.
If you want to "transform lives in a way that hasn’t been achieved before, you need the disruption that social investment creates," says Jeremy Swain from Thames Reach. He talks investment readiness and SIBs with Ellie Ward.
The way in which foundations are run must radically change argues CEO of The Social Investment Consultancy Jake Hayman, who has had it with the foundations that "turn social leaders into perpetual beggars".
From an insight into social investment activity in South Asia and the launch of a new UK charity retail bond, to UKIP's mysterious charitable donation and Russell Brand's social enterprise, here's our weekly innovation digest.
With less than a week to go until the chancellor George Osborne announces the final budget of this parliament, NPC's Iona Joy reflects on the past five years – from social investment momentum to mysterious ministerial reshuffles.
Charities with ambitious trading plans and social enterprises looking to grow are the target of Santander's 2015 Social Enterprise Development Awards, worth up to £10,000.
