Charities and social enterprises: invest responsibly or lose public trust
Social enterprise blog
Social impact bonds: is the dream over?
April 2014
Social enterprise blog
Does the secret to social impact measurement lie in algorithmic data?
Introduced at the Skoll World Forum, the Impact Genome Project uses data to predict social outcomes
February 2014
Social enterprise blog
How-to guide: funding your social enterprise with and without money
Jonathan May provides a step-by-step guide on how to fund your social enterprise, whether through initiative or investment
January 2014
Social enterprise blog
Strasbourg social enterprise conference: what did we learn?
Development impact bonds: success depends on a supportive network
November 2013
Finance
We weren't achieving potential before social impact bond, says charity
The head of community services at a charity working with ex-offenders says the organisation has detected clear trends among clients who were 'drifting off' from its service
October 2013
Finance
Evidence and measurement are vital to the future of social programmes
They help to ensure value for money, efficient replicating and scaling – explaining why something worked – and enable academics to be brought in to create big evaluation programmes, explains Stephen Bediako
Social enterprise blog
The rise of European social investment
Social investment markets across Europe are on the rise
Social enterprise blog
Collaboration brings innovation
Charities and housing associations could scale their impact by supporting others
June 2013
Social impact
New alliance is waking up government and business to the social economy
Tired of the same economic arguments, fifteen organisations want to mainstream the benefits of the social economy
Secret social entrepreneur
Secret Social Entrepreneur | It's not just markets; you must meet needs
Our secret social entrepreneur questions why people join the sector. What takes precedence: profitability or social impact?
Small business blog
What a stock exchange could do for social business
As a new social stock exchange launches, Pradeep Jethi explains the importance of developing the social impact investment market
July 2012
Social enterprise blog
Myth-busting: Social enterprises are seeking market rate loans
In our third myth-buster, David Floyd quashes the idea that vast numbers of social enterprises would want or could afford near market rate loans
Social enterprise blog
Growing the social investment market: turning rhetoric into reality
Jonathan Jenkins is encouraged by the Cabinet Office's progress report on the state of the social investment market
Social enterprise blog
The social investment market: encouraging signs, but a long way to go
The government has restated its commitment to developing the market, yet it must do more to remove red tape, motivate and incentivise, says Phil Caroe
June 2012
Social enterprise blog
Making a strong grant application: a step by step guide
Applying for funding is never easy, so Annika Small takes a look at how social entrepreneurs can increase their chances of success
Social enterprise blog
Whisper it, but is social finance the new PFI?
Britain led the way with the much-criticised PFI, and now other countries are looking to her social investment initiatives as a way of improving public services
Social enterprise blog
Social investing – the emperor's new clothes?
Key questions need to be asked about motivation, advice and returns behind the mechanisms of social finance and investing, says Gina Miller
May 2012
Social enterprise blog
Who benefits from Big Society Capital?
Targeting BSC money at 'intermediaries', rather than individual social enterprises, will increase its leverage
