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Today we publish our third deal-level data release, this time up to December 2016.  It includes Big Society Capital’s deals as well as social investment deals made by other investors and arranged by intermediaries which have not received our investment. 

Like many other fans of the Lloyds Bank Foundation’s work, I was at the launch of the report “Facing Forward” – it gives a sobering overview of the trends in the environment that smaller charities need to consider to continue to provide essential local services with increasing demand and complexity of need.

The City Bridge Trust share their journey exploring social investment in addition to their grant-making activity. 

Over the last five years, we and colleagues across the sector have made a great deal of progress on social investment. 

After 3,000 hours of face-to-face engagement, 250 organisations met, four member organisations confirmed, three Chris’s recruited and two awards won, the Public Services Lab, winner of the Business Impact Challenge, is starting to emerge.

In Alliance Magazine, Barnaby Wiener, Trustee of Treebeard Trust shares their experience of making social investments. 

As part of the GET INFORMED campaign, the Charity Commission share their tips and guidance for boards when a social investment does not go according to plan. 

In the world of social enterprise and social investment, we talk a lot about social impact: how to capture it and put it into words. For me it’s very simple, I volunteer because I want to make a difference. 

Big Society Capital is an independent financial institution with a social mission, set up to help charities and social enterprises find the right kind of repayable finance they need to do more of their fantastic work. 

We recently submitted our response to the Law Commission’s call for evidence on pension funds making social investments. 

The UK housing crisis topped the agenda at this year’s Autumn Statement and it isn’t looking like it’s moving from that position any time soon. 

We have today published a research paper written by Deloitte and jointly commissioned by Big Society Capital and the Government Inclusive Economy Unit which focuses on mission-led businesses in the UK.