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

A fund delivered by Livv Housing Group offering small, blended investments ranging from £10 - 150k, specifically to VCSEs in the Liverpool City Region.
It uses funding from the Enterprise Growth for Communities Programme to reach smaller organisations in disadvantaged areas. EGC helps trading charities and social enterprises grow or diversify their business models.


Make, a Community Interest Company (CIC) set up in 2012, unites and enriches communities through creativity, art and culture. Its makerspaces in Liverpool, Huyton and now Birkenhead, create places for makers and artisans to turn their passions into prosperity.
