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Access’s Strategy

Access has published further details of its strategy, including the design of its first two capacity building programmes, plans for developing the Growth Fund, its role as a market champion and details of how it is also seeking to achieve positive impact through the management of its endowment. Access is providing over £100m to the […]

28/01/16

SEUK ‘Prospecting the Future’ published

Here at Access we are committed to taking an evidence-based approach to our programmes, and making a contribution to our collective understanding of social investment through funding research. We’re very pleased to announce that our first funded report, ‘Prospecting the Future’ by Nick Temple of SEUK, has now been published. Through detailed analysis of the […]

04/08/15

Access launches capacity building consultation

The programme will see Access spend down a £60m endowment over the next decade to support more charities and social enterprises to be able to engage with social investment. This initial consultation phase will run until the end of September 2015, with funded programmes beginning in Spring 2016. Access was launched in March 2015 to […]

11/05/15

The Growth Fund is open

The Access Foundation’s Growth Fund is now open for expressions of interest from Social Investment Finance Intermediaries (SIFIs).

17/03/15

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.

17/03/15

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.

17/03/15