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First Ark to deliver the "Invest for Impact" Fund
First Ark has announced the launch of its first Social Investment Fund for the North West aimed at offering finance to early stage and growing social businesses.
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Keyfund: our second Growth Fund Investment
A new £5.5m fund, offering grant and unsecured loan finance to social enterprises has launched today across the North of England and the Midlands.
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Access announces partners for Impact Management Programme
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Access seeks social impact through investing its endowment
• The Foundation for Social Investment announces partnership with Rathbones
• The fund manager offers Access a largely fixed income portfolio seeking to maximise social impact while generating positive financial returns
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Access announces first investment
New fund to support health and social care charities and social enterprises in the South West now open.
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Access's Strategy
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SEUK 'Prospecting the Future' published
Our first funded research paper, by Social Enterprise UK, has been published, sharing insights into both the investment and support needs of social enterprises, and the potential of 'data talking to data'
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Access launches capacity building consultation
We've launched a consultation on the design of our £60m, ten year capacity building programme.
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The Growth Fund is open
The Access Foundation’s Growth Fund is now open for expressions of interest from Social Investment Finance Intermediaries (SIFIs).
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Announcing our Chief Executive - Seb Elsworth
Access is delighted to appoint Seb Elsworth to the role of Chief Executive of Access. He will take up his post in early May.
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Access announces its first programme - the Growth Fund
The Growth Fund is a combination of up to £22.5 million grant from Big Lottery Fund and up to £22.5 million loan from Big Society Capital to address the gap in the social investment market.