Becky Pickin, Group Development Officer at Dudley CVS , shares her thoughts and reflections following the recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Risk, Resilience and Social Investment event!
At the end of 2021 some of the country’s leading social enterprises gathered at London’s iconic Guildhall for the UK Social Enterprise Awards. The Awards were a chance to come together and celebrate the incredible work of the social enterprise community.
Henna at School for Social Entrepreneurs spoke to three social entrepreneurs in the region who’ve used social investment to increase impact and income, to learn about their experiences.
We explore 12 top tips from Social Enterprises and Charities that have ‘been there’, ‘done that’ and ‘got the T-shirt’ when it comes to securing social investment.
Social Enterprise UK’s latest State of the Sector report titled ‘No Going Back’ was recently published, and in this post, we explore the key finance themes and takeaways for the rest of 2021 and beyond...
COP26 is currently taking place in Glasgow, where world leaders will wrestle with the urgent issue of the climate crisis. To mark the occasion, Hannah Roberts, Marketing Officer at Locality , a national network supporting community organisations to be strong and successful, speaks to two members of...
Director of Social Sector Engagement, Mel Mells, caught up with Seb Rocco, Founder and CEO of Micro Rainbow CIC, to discuss their journey so far, from raising investment to what’s next for the organisation...
Welcome to the new release of the Outcomes Matrix! We’re super excited to launch the updated and refreshed version. In this blog post we’ll be exploring what it is, what it does and what it means for you!
Our first ever online learning course, Social Investment Unpicked , launched one year ago, and we wanted to explore and share some of our key learnings!
At our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Outdoor Spaces and Liveable Places event, we were joined by Holly Cross, Director and Project Development Manager at Cwm Arian Renewable Energy Ltd and Trewin Restorick, CEO at Hubbub Foundation.
Our recent Let's Talk Good Finance: Yorkshire and Humber event was designed for those exploring social investment opportunities for the first time or anyone interested in finding out how social enterprises have taken on small amounts of repayable finance to make transformational change.