Looking for social investment?
Find out more about how to access social investment and whether it’s right for you
If you’re a charity or social enterprise looking for social investment, find out more about the tools and information that will help you make informed decisions.
Access works with a range of social investors to distribute funds, we don’t fund charities and social enterprises directly.
What is social investment?
Social investment is the use of repayable finance to help an organisation achieve a social purpose.
Charities and social enterprises can use repayable finance to help them increase their impact on society, for example by growing their business, providing working capital for contract delivery, or buying assets. It can sit alongside grants, donations and other forms of funding as a tool in your financial toolkit.
Unlike a grant or donation, it's paid back, often with interest. What makes this different from other investments is that investors are dedicated to supporting the organisations they invest in, to accomplish positive social outcomes.
Good Finance is a collaborative project to help improve access to information on social investment for charities and social enterprises.
They exist to improve knowledge and understanding of social investment, to support organisations to make informed decisions based on their circumstances and to connect individuals to the right investors to speak to based on shared values.
Good Finance is jointly funded by Access, Better Society Capital and DCMS, with in-kind support provided by members of the steering group.
Is it right for us?
This diagnostic tool from Good Finance takes just 2-3 minutes and asks questions about your organisation and your financial needs to help you understand if social investment is a viable option and useful next steps.
Want to know who to talk to?
Good Finance’s fund mapper tool lists more than 150 social investors, funds and advisors. The ‘Fundmapper’ function is one of the most visited resources on Good Finance, with an average of one in three website users browsing the directory.
You can also see a list of current funds supported via Access here.
Visit Good Finance
If you are a charity or social enterprise looking for funding, visit Good Finance.
You will find tools to help you decide if social investment is right for your organisation and a comprehensive overview of the funds available to you.