This week: Church of England’s £100m fund to address slavery link faces legal challenge, the GIIN’s CEO and co-founder Amit Bouri to step down, new report shows enterprise activities can help charities be more resilient, and more.
The Women in Safe Homes fund, from UK impact investment firm Resonance and real estate manager Patron Capital, aims to buy 650 homes and lease them to charities helping women at risk of homelessness.
PLUS: Covid-19 updates you may have missed; ANDE invests $1.2m in women-led businesses; Africa’s Novastar Ventures raises $108m; Acumen backs Peruvian edtech platform, and more.
‘Father of impact investing’ argues pay-for-success model could deliver huge cost savings, while incentivising the rapid, entrepreneurial innovation needed to develop successful tests.