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

Local Access Bristol is run by a partnership of organisations from different sectors, and building on the Bristol City Funds. It is one of six places working to develop stronger, more resilient and sustainable social economies as part of the Local Access Programme.
It aims to deliver a step-change in the local social economy through a combination of enterprise grants and advice, affordable social investment and associated market development, awareness raising and partnership development activity.








A citywide investment programme supporting organisations doing good: The Bristol Local Access Programme is an innovative programme created to develop a stronger and more sustainable social enterprise sector in Bristol through a combination of investment and business support.