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News from Access - covering governance, data and more
Updates from the Access team on all things social investment, blended finance and enterprise grant making.
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Access announces Daniela Barone Soares OBE as Chair Designate
Access – The Foundation for Social Investment has announced the appointment of Daniela Barone Soares OBE as Chair Designate. As Chair Designate, she will succeed Nick Hurd, who has chaired Access since 2020 and will step down at the end of September after six years in the role.
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Rethinking Subsidy: lessons from social investment on good growth
Policy and Advocacy Manager, Alex Bunker, looks at the lessons from social investment in using subsidy as a tool for delivering good growth
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Enterprise support boosts resilience, income and impact
Independent evaluation of programme supporting 325 organisations finds support for enterprise resulted in significant income and impact growth for charities and social enterprises
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News from Access - including new analysis of data on Blended Finance
Updates from the Access team on all things social investment, blended finance and enterprise grantmaking
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Blended finance in action: What the latest Enterprise Level Data tells us
Director of Impact and Evaluation, Lydia Levy, examines the latest set of Enterprise Level Data from BSC to understand how organisations supported through Access funded programmes compare to the wider social investment market.
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£1 million funding announced to drive more equitable social investment
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Seb Elsworth to step down as CEO of Access
Seb Elsworth will step down as CEO of Access after 11 years to join the Queen Elizabeth Trust. Neil Berry, Director of Programmes, will become interim CEO of Access from September while trustees recruit a permanent successor.
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2025 annual report and accounts
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Market Development: Help us tell the difference between a good idea and the right idea
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Exploring the impact of every pound: New research mapping the UK values-driven investment landscape
Tanishtha SenGupta, Partnerships and Stakeholder Manager, reflects on work with the Impact Investing Institute to map the values‑driven investment landscape and the support available to foundations looking to allign money with mission.