VENTURESOME BLOG

Case Study: The Anna Fiorentini Theatre & Film School

We explore how a social investment loan from CAF Venturesome has helped the Anna Fiorentini Theatre & Film School grow its team to generate more income to offer bursaries to children from all backgrounds and abilities so they can follow their dreams of going to stage school.

Welcome to our new Compliance Administrator

Data Green has recently joined the CAF Venturesome team as Compliance Administrator responsible for all due diligence Anti-Money Laundering checks.  We find out what inspires Data.

Welcome to our new Investment Associate

Sophie Preuss has recently joined the CAF Venturesome team as Investment Associate.  Sophie is an Associate on the On Purpose Programme, a 1-year leadership programme for mid-career professionals who want to harness the power of business for good social and environmental ends. 

Critical lessons for charity trustees

We thought this blog post from our colleague Beth Clarke, Programme Manger CAF Resilience worth sharing on our Venturesome blog. She’s also a trustee of charity that is currently closing down. Read her honest account about this experience and the lessons that she has for other charity trustees and boards.

Social enterprises are a big deal

Social enterprises employ 2m people in this country (that’s more than the creative industries!) – and contribute 3% of GDP.  These findings – from an important piece of research published last week by Social Enterprise UK, the Co-op Group and Nationwide Building Society – make clear that previous government estimates of the economic contribution made by social enterprises have been woeful under-estimates.