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This month at Access A record-breaking quarter – Our partners deployed £9 million of investment into charities and social enterprises in the last quarter alone. This volume of investment hasn’t been delivered since 2021 when our partners delivered an Emergency Lending programme to provide immediate support to those facing challenges because of the Covid-19 pandemic. More here. […]

This month at Access Access in numbers – Those familiar with our work will know that we focus on building a social investment market fit for the future, as well as delivering finance to the frontline.  Through our partners, Access has now supported over 2,200 charities and social enterprises and enabled over £100 million of investment to […]

This month at Access Energy resilience – following the announcement earlier this year that charities and social enterprises will receive additional support from the Dormant Assets scheme to improve their energy resilience, we have now launched the window for social investors to express interest in our new energy efficiency fund. Alongside this, we are also looking for partners […]

Earlier this year it was announced that Access and Big Society Capital would receive £12m and £8m (respectively) to support charities and social enterprises with energy resilience. It has been a challenging year for charities and social enterprises with rapid rises in energy prices coupled with increased demand for their services. Recent data from the […]