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Blog

Blended finance in action: What the latest Enterprise Level Data tells us

Director of Impact and Evaluation, Lydia Levy, examines the latest set of Enterprise Level Data from BSC to understand how organisations supported through Access funded programmes compare to the wider social investment market. 

News

£1 million funding announced to drive more equitable social investment

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Seb Elsworth to step down as CEO of Access

Seb Elsworth will step down as CEO of Access after 11 years to join the Queen Elizabeth Trust. Neil Berry, Director of Programmes, will become interim CEO of Access from September while trustees recruit a permanent successor.

Publication

2025 annual report and accounts

Blog

Market Development: Help us tell the difference between a good idea and the right idea

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Exploring the impact of every pound: New research mapping the UK values-driven investment landscape

Tanishtha SenGupta, Partnerships and Stakeholder Manager, reflects on work with the Impact Investing Institute to map the values‑driven investment landscape and the support available to foundations looking to allign money with mission.

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Access endowment delivers strong returns and deep UK social impact

Access – The Foundation for Social Investment has published its latest Endowment Impact Report, showing how its mission-aligned approach continues to deliver both market-rate returns and meaningful social impact.

Blog

Digging Deeper: What our first ‘Learning Month’ is starting to show us

Yusra Ali, Data and Insights Manager, reflects on Access’ new learning month, examining deployment pace, reach and organisational diversity.

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Early insights: What we’re learning about financing energy retrofit for charities and social enterprises

Drawing on insights from both Access and Charity Bank, this blog reflects on the Energy Efficiency Social Investment Programme (EESIP) and what it takes to finance and deliver energy retrofit for charities and social enterprises, and what this means for future approaches to blended finance.

Publication

Insights Paper on Blended Finance Evidence: Evaluating an Emerging Field

Written by the TSIC Consortium, this Insights Paper is the first in a wider series of outputs as part of a multi-year evaluation and learning programme to assess the impact of our blended finance programmes.

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Blended Finance evidence – Evaluating an emerging field

Written by the TSIC Consortium, this Insights Paper is the first in a wider series of outputs as part of a multi-year evaluation and learning programme to assess the impact of our blended finance programmes.