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29/03/17

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05/02/25

Unlocking Revenue Models for Social Enterprises

The Challenge of Financial Sustainability in Social Enterprises Financial sustainability remains a significant challenge for many Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations. While a growing movement encourages VCSEs to diversify their income and adopt a more enterprising approach, making this shift is not always straightforward. One of the key hurdles is confidence in describing […]

10th June 2024

Creating a more inclusive financing eco-system: a behind the numbers look at our Flexible Finance programme

Flexible Finance is Access’s £22m programme, funded by the Dormant Asset Scheme, dedicated to bridging the gap in patient and flexible social investment products for charities and social enterprises. Launched in 2021, the programme creates a more inclusive financing ecosystem by intentionally targeting parts of the market that are underserved such as those from marginalised […]

07/03/24

Access publishes new data from Cost-of-Living programme

Since December 2016, Access has been regularly publishing dashboards. These provide insight into the work we do with our partners to support charities and social enterprises to access the finance they need to sustain or grow their impact. We share data that cuts across all programmes and specific data for each programme. In Autumn of […]

10/05/23

Launch of Cost of Living Fund and consultation response

Today we have launched the window for social investors to submit expressions of interest to apply for the Cost of Living Social Investment Support Fund here. This £11m programme, funded by the Dormant Asset Scheme, will enable social investors to offer a broader range of products to support charities and social enterprises in underserved parts […]

11/04/22

Enterprise Growth for Communities

In February it was announced that Access will receive an additional £20m from dormant assets to extend our support for charities and social enterprises in England. Now known as Enterprise Growth for Communities (EGC), the new programme launches following a detailed consultation process to inform its design. We are grateful to all of the organisations […]

27/01/22

5 years of the Growth Fund: what have we learnt?

This week Ecorys published their most recent evaluation report on the Growth Fund, examining the progress and impact of the programme up to the end of 2020. The Growth Fund is a partnership between The National Lottery Community Fund and Big Society Capital, delivered by Access through a range of social investors., It makes up […]

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