Increasing
access to
social
investment
Helping charities and
social enterprises
survive and thrive
We are Access – The Foundation for Social Investment. Our role is to make it easier for charities and social enterprises in England to access the capital they need to grow and increase their impact.
We work to bridge the gap between charities and social enterprises on one side and social investors on the other, to help make social investment easier to find and more relevant for charities and social enterprises.
To do this we need to change the way social investment is delivered, so that it can reach the parts of the charity and social enterprise sector who have yet to benefit. We manage two core programmes:
Links to main sections of the site
Capacity Building
Funding organisations to run grant and support programmes for charities and social enterprises.
The Growth Fund
Funding organisations to make small loans to charities and social enterprises.
News
In the news / 5th June 2017
The Connect Fund launches EOI process
The enabling infrastructure for social investment in England comprises both individual intermediary organisations and the shared practices, tools, networks and partnerships between these organisations. The…
From the blog / 26th June 2017
#AccessEd 21 – What’s in a name?
In my previous post, I presented some initial themes coming out of the feedback we gathered on how we should develop our capacity building activities from…
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