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Over the weekend, government launched the long-awaited consultation on Dormant Assets. This will determine how dormant assets funding, the forgotten assets from long-lost bank accounts and insurance policies, will be spent in future. With at least £880 million of new money for good causes in the UK on the table – this is a once […]

An independent review, commissioned by DCMS and conducted by NPC, has highlighted how blended finance supports trading charities and social enterprises to increase their impact, build their resilience and reach more people, particularly in underserved communities.   The report, based on interviews and data analysis with over 40 organisations, also concluded that there is a well-evidenced […]

Last week’s Stephen Muers, Big Society Capital’s chief executive, outlined more detail about the organisation’s response to the Adebowale Commission on social investment.   Alongside championing calls for more subsidy into blended finance structures, he announced that BSC has amended its target rate of return from 4-6% to around 1% after costs, measured over a rolling […]

Access has started to make some changes to the way we use our data. Last week was a particular milestone with a new approach to the publication of our quarterly data, using an interactive visualisation platform (PowerBI). Sharing learning and knowledge is central to Access’s approach, and part of our commitment to learning from what […]