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Expert insight into social investment and social impact by the CAF Venturesome team.
We use our experience to have a critical look at the sector. This blog features our views, opinion and news on CAF Venturesome’s activity and on the Social Investment sector as a whole. Keep up to date with us as we help charities and social enterprises thrive.
At a pitch-day in October, hosted by Legal & General at their Cardiff office, 7 social organisations were successful in their applications for social investment totalling £205k.
We'd like to congratulate our investee, Furniture Resource Centre, for winning Social Enterprise of the Year at the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2019.
From a small charity, established in 1995 in response to the growing issues of poverty in the Castle Vale area of Birmingham, Spitfire Advice and Support Services has grown into a vibrant community charity working tirelessly to support the most isolated and vulnerable in society across the whole of the Birmingham area.
On our travels over autumn, CAF Venturesome attended a debate exploring the pros and cons attached to the traditional charity model. We then came back and pondered our own experiences.
An unsecured loan of £400,000 from CAF Venturesome is helping to fund the construction of a state-of the-art primary school for children living in townships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
We provide affordable financial support to charities, and social enterprise funding, when other lenders may be unable to help.
In this webinar we give you practical advice and guidance on how to utilise social investment.
An introduction to our team, who have a wealth of expertise in helping charities access social investment.