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29/03/17

Filtering posts by topic

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

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 […]

24/01/23

The power of investment

This blog gives an overview of Access’s approach to investing our endowment in support of our wider mission – much of which has been in place since we started investing in 2016.

05/08/22

Progress Update: One year on since the QR

It is one year since the publication of the independent quadrennial review into Access. We warmly welcomed the review, both because of the positive findings and the open and constructive approach taken by the panel. In our response, we spelt out several actions we would take, both as a direct result of the review and […]

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