Tagged - Social Investment

Global players and home grown innovators are among 15 shortlisted organisations in the UK's first Social Investment Awards which will be held in London later this month.

Foundations should do as the Kleissners do, America's pioneers of 100% impact investment, and invest their assets to create social value, says a new report launched today by New Philanthropy Capital.

Threadneedle Investments today announced that Warwickshire County Council will invest £40 million into its Social Bond Fund. The fund's progress could be key to helping a mainstream culture of social investment emerge in the UK.

International homeless charity rebrands and switches to social enterprise model at launch event in London. Social entrepreneurship is on the agenda in the Philippines and singer Laura Mvula backs music charity.

Key steps to releasing $1 trillion into the social investment market were announced today as the G8 Taskforce on Social Impact Investment, chaired by Sir Ronald Cohen, launched its concluding report.

The highly anticipated report from the G8 Social Investment Taskforce's UK Advisory Board sets out its vision for the social investment market in the UK and prioritises pension reform. 

A £25m fund launched by Bridges Ventures in April 2013 to support charities and social enterprises to deliver social services has successfully closed, the specialist fund manager today announced. 

The G8 social investment taskforce will report next week. At SOCAP, the world's biggest social invesment event, taskforce chair Sir Ronald Cohen says governments hold the key to helping social investment take off like venture capital.

Early stage social businesses are being challenged to apply for vital investment capital and business mentoring support that will potentially propel their ventures to the next level. Isabelle De Grave looks at the Big Issue Invest's new programme.