Big Issue Invest is a specialised provider of finance to social enterprises or trading arms of charities that are finding business solutions that create social and environmental transformation.
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We deliver funding throughout the UK, mostly through programmes tailored specifically to the needs of communities in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland as well as some programmes that cover the whole UK.
Bridges Ventures is a sustainable growth investor whose commercial expertise is used to deliver both financial returns and social and environmental benefits.
Charity Bank is a bank that’s also a charity. That means it has a mission: to help charitable organisations transform people’s lives – and to do this by harnessing the nation’s wealth and using it to create a social return.
Established in 1991, Community Foundation Network is the national network linking, promoting and supporting nearly 60 community foundations across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Co-operatives UK is the national trade body that campaigns for co-operation and works to promote, develop and unite co-operative enterprises.
Impetus Trust works to break the cycle of poverty by investing in ambitious charities and social enterprises that fight economic disadvantage.
Organisation aiming to promote effective economic and social policies by understanding better their impact on individuals, families, businesses and the government's finances.
The Institute for Government is an independent charity helping to improve government effectiveness working with all the main political parties in Westminster and with senior civil servants in Whitehall, providing evidence based advice that draws on best practice from around the world.
Impact Reporting & Investment Standards, or IRIS, is a common language for describing the social and environmental performance of an organization.
NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - an independent body with a mission to make the UK more innovative.
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is a consultancy and think tank dedicated to helping funders and charities achieve a greater impact.
The Social Enterprise Coalition is the UK's national body for social enterprise. The Social Enterprise Coalition represents a wide range of social enterprises, regional and national support networks and other related organisations.
The Social Investment Business is the fastest growing social investor in the UK. It exists to help the third sector do more of what it does best – supporting people and communities most in need. It helps the sector prosper by providing capital, business support and long term strategic thinking.
The Social Research Unit is an independent charity dedicated to improving the health and development of children, primarily in Europe and North America.