Initial observations on blending debt and grant from the Growth Fund

Updates from the Access team on all things social investment, blended finance and enterprise grant making.

Policy and Advocacy Manager, Alex Bunker, looks at the lessons from social investment in using subsidy as a tool for delivering good growth

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. 

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.