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29/03/17

Filtering posts by topic

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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 […]

16/05/23

Different approaches to responsible investing

Last year the High Court confirmed that Ashden Trust could select investments in line with its mission; specifically, to align with the Paris Agreement on climate change. Following the case, the Charity Commission is updating its investment guidance. It will have to make clear, if it wasn’t already, that charities are not required invest solely […]

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 […]

18/04/23

Data Insight – Three things we learnt from our dashboards

Each quarter we publish an interactive dashboard to share insights from across our programmes. This helps us, our partners and the wider sector to better understand our work. This blog looks at three highlights from our most recent dashboard (October-December 2022). It also shows some of the ways that the dashboard can be used to […]

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