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Back to school – on Social Impact Investing

Back to school – on Social Impact Investing

Blog

14 November 2018

Big Society Capital's new Engagement Manager, Katie Fulford-Smith, shares her first impressions of the social impact investing world and her introduction to Good Finance at Good Finance Live in Newcastle.

What is Social Impact and How Do I Measure It?

Blog

5 November 2018

Social impact is a term that's thrown around all over the place - about 3,610,000,000 search results on Google. But there's no one-size-fits-all definition for it.

Community Giants shares their experience of taking on social investment

Podcast

18 October 2018

At Let's Talk Good Finance in Birmingham, the Community Giants director John Palmer talks about why they decided to take on social investment through NatWest Social & Community Capital and shares their experience. We also hear from John Murray, a loans officer at NatWest Social & Community Capital...

Hear from a Peer: LTGF Newcastle - Lisa Hilder and Theo Brown

Hear From A Peer Podcast - Lisa Hilder, Preston Road Women's Centre and Theo Brown, Rene House CIC

Podcast

27 September 2018

Hear from two fantastic organisations working across the housing and property sector

Hear from a Peer: Social Investment Tax Relief

Event

24 September 2018

Big Society Capital is hosting a FREE webinar for charities and social enterprises to learn more about raising investment using Social Investment Tax Relif (SITR).

Business Enterprise Fund (BEF)

Picture a world where your small business (SME) or social enterprise dream can become a reality, free from the stress of financial hurdles. This is the mission at the Business Enterprise Fund (BEF). BEF is a non-profit social enterprise, established to offer loans with loans up to £250,000 to small...

Investors

Is taking on debt good finance? Lessons from those who've done it

Is taking on debt good finance? Lessons from those who've done it

Blog

30 August 2018

After 32 Let’s Talk Good Finance (LTGF) events , there has been a lot of learning about what social investment is and what it isn’t. Here, we take a look at the highlights from that learning.

Do’s and don’ts of trading for social enterprises & charities

Blog

31 July 2018

It’s often pretty darn expensive to help people in need or tackle environmental issues, as well you know. Trouble is, the grants won’t keep coming forever, donations to charities are dropping , and public-sector funding is as elusive as an agreed deal on Brexit.

Why understanding tax reliefs shouldn't be taxing...

Blog

19 July 2018

We often get asked what the differences are between the various tax reliefs available to charities and social enterprises. This is why, together with Bates Wells Braithwaite (BWB), we are pleased to publish A Simple Guide to Tax Reliefs . As well as covering the relatively new Social Investment Tax...

Fit for the Future 2018

Event

12 July 2018

This summer the NHS turns 70 years old, and Social Enterprise UK will be celebrating the social enterprise contribution to its many achievements over the years at Social Enterprise UK's annual Health and Social Care Conference.

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