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I’m Lordia and for the past year and 7 months, I’ve been working as the Multi-Channel Marketing Apprentice at Good Finance. As my apprenticeship comes to an end, I've been reflecting on my time at Good Finance and some of my biggest learnings during this time.

As part of our International Youth Day campaign, we set out to find a young social entrepreneur who had used repayable finance to grow their impact, and we were lucky to meet Julia Strelczuk, founder of Nettle Café.

Social enterprises and charities within the West Midlands have been doing amazing work supporting communities across the region. Read on to find out more about the impact they’re creating.

Have you ever wondered why some funding applications succeed while others stall? What investors are really looking for when speaking to prospective investees? And what are the key things as a charity or social enterprise you should know when exploring repayable finance for the first time?

Here at Good Finance, we’re lucky enough to engage with social entrepreneurs, community business and charity leaders from across the UK on their experience with social investment – the ‘warts n all’ journey, if you will.

Building knowledge and partnerships for social investment was the theme of Good Finance Live – an event hosted by Good Finance in partnership with Access: The Foundation for Social Investment, Better Society Capital and Pathway Fund. In the first of our 3-part blog series, we explore some of the key...