An independent review of the work of Access – The Foundation for Social Investment (Access) has concluded that the charity has had significant positive impact on the charity and social enterprise (CSE) sector since it was launched six years ago, and that further resources will be required to sustain the blended finance approach. The review, […]

The Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) is expanding. Community charity, Groundwork is joining the partnership to support charities and social enterprises operating in the environment sector.  The EDP is developed and funded by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment and managed by Social Investment Business (SIB). It provides a broad range of support for charities […]

The Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) is expanding to be able to support charities and social enterprises operating in the Black and Minoritised Communities sector. The EDP is led by a partnership of national infrastructure bodies seeking to support the development of enterprise models in charities and social enterprises working in certain thematic sectors. It has […]

The Oversight Trust has established a Panel to carry out an independent Review of Access – the Foundation for Social Investment (Access) and is inviting any stakeholders interested in contributing to the review to contact the Panel to share their views. Background The Oversight Trust is responsible for the oversight of the work of the four organisations […]

Access has finalised recruitment into a first development cohort for our new blended finance programme, Flexible Finance for the Recovery.  The £21m funding for the programme comes from a total £30m dormant accounts allocation provided earlier this year to Access, and the Flexible Finance element of that allocation targets the creation of new types of […]

Access – The Foundation for Social Investment is set to receive £30m from dormant accounts to create new blended finance solutions for charities and social enterprises in England impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, it was announced this afternoon. The £30m will be split between enabling existing emergency lending programmes to offer blended loan and grant […]