We hosted an event with centre-right think-tank Onward this week to explore how social enterprises and other mission-led businesses can help build a more resilient society, as part of our Future Economy Alliance campaigning to push our way of working up the economic policy agenda.
Unity Trust Bank, which supports organisations to deliver positive social impact around the UK, has reported a record level of lending in its annual results for 2023. Exceeding £1 billion for the first time in its 40-year history, almost half of Unity’s financing last year (45.3%) went into areas of high deprivation.
Pioneering social investor, Key Fund, is working to actively address the barriers to investment faced by social entrepreneurs from ethnic minorities
Charity Bank, the loans and savings bank for social good, is inviting trustees, directors, CEOs and managers of charities, social enterprises and community organisations to attend a series of free regional events in September and October. Held in collaboration with local and national sector partners, the events will explore the critical role of sustainable finance … Continued
October 2022 Charity Bank was officially launched at 11 Downing Street by then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, on 17 October 2002. Since then, Charity Bank has continued to be owned by and committed to supporting the social sector, making more than 1,100 loans totalling over £400m to housing, education, social care, community, and … Continued