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29/03/17

Filtering posts by topic

Read about how to filter ACCESS’s blog posts by topic.

16/08/23

News from Access – August 2023 – including updates on energy resilience

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 […]

16/08/23

Emerging themes on energy resilience

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 […]

29th June 2023

News from Access – June 2023 – including updates on Dormant Assets and EDI

This month at Access Shaping the future – With more Dormant Asset funding due to flow to charities and social enterprises via social investment – we want to make sure this money is being used in the most effective way possible. We are looking for a broad range of views to feed into a cross-sector […]

15/06/23

Sharing our diversity data and EDI action plan – reflections and next steps

CEO Seb Elsworth reflects on our progress in relation to equity, diversity and inclusion over the last year and our priorities for the year ahead.

12/06/23

Shaping the future

We are looking for a broad range of views – from charities and social enterprises to infrastructure bodies and those in the social investment market itself – to feed into a cross-sector plan designed to ensure that all communities have access to the capital and enterprise support they need to thrive.

18/05/23

News from Access – May 2023 – including cost of living and energy updates

This month at Access Cost of Living fund now open to social investors – We’ve launched the window for social investors to express interest in our new Cost of Living fund. This follows an announcement earlier this year that Access has been allocated £11 million from Dormant Assets. The fund will enable social investors to […]

16/05/23

Responsible investment – resources and events

This is a list of existing resources and events that we have identified are available to support foundations looking to develop and pursue responsible investment. It is by no means exhaustive but hopefully a useful starting point for those newer to this field. We would be happy to hear from any foundation CEO or trustee […]

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