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Kate Sayer from Sayer Vincent offers advice to charities and social enterprises on how to embrace and understand risk when it comes to taking on social investment. Sayer Vincent is a firm of chartered accountants with a focus on charities and social enterprises.

Chair of disability charity Purple Edwin Godfrey writes why they've decided to explore social investment and shares their experience including the advantages and disadvantages.

In this blog, Sarah Lomasney, Social Investment Officer at Community Action Suffolk (CAS) explores social investment for boards. CAS is the ‘go to’ for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Suffolk. They exist to ensure the sector, and its volunteers, are supported, safe and sustainable and that their communities are active and resilient. They provide (or signpost) whatever is needed behind the scenes to enable this, so you can concentrate on doing what you do best – making Suffolk an incredible place in which to live and work.

Futureshapers Sheffield trustee Helen Thomson writes about balancing the risks and opportunities of social investment.

For International Day of Charity, charity Child Dynamix talks about the valuable work they do in deprived communities and the role that social investment has played in achieving their vision to see communities where children and young people thrive.

How could boards consider social investment when setting up strategy? Women's Aid Co-chair Beverley Pass shares her experience of taking on social investment.

How and why are more charity and social enterprise boards considering social investment? Chair of Dementia Adventure John Barnes shares their growth journey and exploring social investment as a funding option.

We hear the experiences of three team members at Better Society Capital (then Big Society Capital) who engaged with the Get Informed mentorship programme, connecting leaders in the social sector with team members at Better (formerly Big) Society Capital.

Alice was the Chair of disability charity, Scope during the period in which it raised £2m through a charity bond. Why should chairs learn about social investment and why is it important to get informed? Former Chair of Scope Alice Maynard offers advice for others following her experience of taking on social investment.

Caroline Copeman shares questions that trustees should be asking as part of their responsibilities, which include challenging the organisation to find alternative and even more sustainable ways of delivering mission impact.

Creative Kernow Chair John Pulford writes about using social investment to develop a sustainable business model when it was beyond the risk of high street banks.