Tagged - charity

City Bridge Trust commits £1m to help charities test proposals and de-risk future investments

With under a week to go until the UK's leading social investment conference, Good Deals 2014, we catch up with one of the key speakers Maff Potts to find out about his social investment hopes and frustrations. 

Conjuring up a brilliant idea that you believe will solve some of the biggest social and environmental issues facing the world is one thing. Transforming that idea into a practical, profit-generating business model is something else altogether.

Crowdfunding for social, enviromental and civic projects is shaken up in the UK, reality TV inspires social innovators in the US and education is the top CSR priority in India. 

Anti-corporation ideology and do gooder righteousness needs to change if we're going to protect the planet, Paul Hilding told the audience at Emerge 2014, the UK's conference for young entrepreneurs who want to drive social and environmental change.

Recommendations to simplify and clarify the legal framework for social investment by charities have been broadly welcomed by the UK civil society sector. NCVO's Andrew O'Brien analyses the Law Commission's report.

Impact investing is poised to mobilise billions in capital for Canadian communities says the Canadian National Advisory Boad in its final report as part of the international G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce.

International homeless charity rebrands and switches to social enterprise model at launch event in London. Social entrepreneurship is on the agenda in the Philippines and singer Laura Mvula backs music charity.

Human rights groups in Egypt have raised the alarm that the country's NGOs are under threat because of a new law taking away their autonomy. Elsewhere, an innovative campaign in Wisconsin, USA has been launched to promote social entrepreneurship.