For Jimmy creates safe spaces for young people to grow up in, with a strong focus on Lewisham, South East London. It was set up in honour of murdered Lewisham schoolboy Jimmy Mizen.
Media Cultured is a social enterprise that tackles issues of racism, radicalisation and misrepresentation through the use of positive role models and clear messages about ‘identity and integration’ within an increasingly multicultural society.
Hubbub is a London-based environmental charity that engages with corporates and foundations to sponsor research and campaigns, in order to promote understanding and behaviour change to help people cut waste, make clothes last longer, save money and create cleaner spaces to live and work in.
Gofal is a leading Welsh mental health charity providing a wide range of services to people with mental health problems, supporting their independence, recovery, health and wellbeing. Gofal Enterprises is its wholly owned trading arm.
Sutton Community Farm is a community-owned farm in South London growing vegetables under organic principles.
Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre is a charity based in East Yorkshire. Located on the Cherry Tree Estate, it works with those in the community struggling with varying degrees of poverty.
Promote Ability Community Enterprise CIC (P.A.C.E) delivers affordable services and housing for disadvantaged people in Derby and Derbyshire. To support this agenda, they offer a range of other services to the public and private sector; these include supported housing, a craft centre, community support and a café.
Doncaster Refurnish complete a wide range of work, collecting, restoring and selling furniture on to low income families. They run a handyman service and a women’s group with a focus on anxiety issues. They also offer training and employment to those on the margins of their local community; including rehabilitation and integration opportunities for prisoners due for release, and placements for young offenders.
Nottingham Counselling Service (NCS) is a long-standing charity specialising in working long-term with people who present complex and enduring problems, such as anxiety, depression and abuse.
The Spotted Cow is a community hub that offers a bar, restaurant, Post Office and B&B under one roof.
The Chessel Centre will offer additional quality nursery care for children in Bristol.
Barnsley Community Build (BCB) is a registered charity with a trading arm, BCB Trading Ltd. They develop and deliver a range of community services, and provide employment and training in the construction industry.
Furniture is a furniture re-use charity that supports lower income families. It used social investment to purchase a permanent base.
K10 is tackling youth unemployment by providing apprenticeships in the construction industry. It used social investment to professionalise the business and increase sustainability.
Local residents in Redruth funded the building of a wind turbine through buying community shares.
Togetherall (formerly Big White Wall) is a digital mental health and wellbeing service, which used social investment to scale their social business.
3SC Capitalise is a Social Impact Bond working with young people in Wales. It is part of the Department for Work and Pensions' Innovation Fund.
Moneyline offers access to affordable credit to consumers on low incomes. It used social investment to grow its social business.
Oomph! is helping older people stay healthy by running specialist exercise classes in care homes across the UK. It used social investment to grow its social business.
The Southmead Development Trust exists to serve the community of Southmead by primarily running the Southmead Youth Centre and the Greenway Centre. It used social investment to install solar panels.
The Real Lettings Property Fund, run by Resonance in partnership with St Mungo’s Broadway is using social investment to buy properties to address homelessness in London.
Social Impact Bonds, supported by social investment from CAF Venturesome, Big Issue Invest and Resonance, enables us to work intensively and creatively with people so they can finally leave homelessness behind for good.
Third Space Learning is using technology to tackle underacheivement in maths. It used social investment to grow its social business.
Teens and Toddlers is a Social Impact Bond working with young people in the North West. It is part of the Department for Work and Pensions' Innovation Fund.
Energise is a Social Impact Bond working with young people in the Thames Valley area. It is part of the Department for Work and Pensions' Innovation Fund.