Our summer sound series continues bringing with it fantastic podcasts on various challenge facing charities, social enterprises and community organisations to provide you with some inspiring and informational social investment stories for the summer!

We've put together three inspiring podcasts diving into how social investment has been used to tackle refugee-based challenges for vulnerable communities in the UK.

Addressing Imbalance: Amplifying Voices bees

Having personally witnessed the positive impact of beekeeping on mental well-being, Ali Made a conscious decision to employ this therapeutic practice in aiding others who have similar lived experience

Ishita Ranjan-Churchill, Senior Project Manager at Good Finance recently connected with Ali and his Mentor, Amir Rizwan, to delve into Ali's social enterprise journey thus far and shed light on how social investment could help to create an exciting future for bees and refugees!

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Good Finance Podcast: The Refugee Better Outcomes Partnership

Leading the discussion in this episode is our host Ishita Rajan-Churchill and she's joined by...

• Martha Macgregor, programme director 
• Robbie Smyth, impact and operations director 
• Conor Sullivan, investment director 
• Emad Raad, integration and housing manager

We applaud the refugee better outcomes partnership for being crowned the winner of the esteemed Social Investment Deal of the Year 2022. This recognition at the annual SEUK Awards speaks volumes about their exceptional work in this field.

In this podcast, we delve deeper into the journey of this social enterprise. Discover their experiences with a social outcomes contract and gain insights into the challenges that the communities faced in 2023 and beyond!

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Richard Thickpenny: How Sharia-Compliant Social Finance is Helping Support Refugees

People are fleeing their homes for their safety, undertaking unimaginable journeys, to arrive in the UK, only to find a lack of resources across the board, leaving some of our most vulnerable communities tackling key social issues head on. In this podcast, Richard Thickpenny recognised an important role which social investment could play within this national crisis.

Richard Thickpenny works for the social enterprise Ashley Community Housing. Together with a social investor, Resonance, the two organisations created the yield-sharing investment model that is compliant with Sharia law (check out our Sharia jargon buster) that also provides a return to investors. 

We discuss in this podcast this ethical and innovative Sharia-compliant financing model, which has helped purchase properties to house refugees and tackle other refugee-based challenges!

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As we approach the halfway of the year, it is important to reflect on how social investment can help organisations tackle social issues! We hope these three insightful podcasts talking about tackling refugee-based challenges have provided some inspiration!

If you’re wondering whether social investment is a viable option for your organisation, check out our Is It Right For Us Tool, which will provide the answers you’re looking for in less than five-minutes, along with some suggestions for next steps.

Check out our first blog on Using Social Investment To Tackle Homelessness.

Looking for more to add to your summer listen list? Check out our other podcasts!

P.S. – Keep your eyes peeled across our social media channels, the next summer sounds blog will be going live next week!