Social Enterprise
Social Investment Business & The Forward Trust: Forward Enterprise Fund
Education & Employment Loans Social EnterpriseThe Forward Enterprise Fund is £2 million social investment fund that supports charities and social enterprises run by, or creating employment opportunities for, ex-offenders and people in recovery from addiction. The Fund provides access to unsecured loans between £25,000 – £150,000 for revenue and/or capital projects (typical interest rate 7.5%) for up to a five year term. Eligible organisations…
The Care & Wellbeing Fund
Health & Social Care Social EnterpriseThe Care and Wellbeing Fund is an investment fund which aims to develop and scale community-based services to improve people’s health and wellbeing, from prevention to clinical services. The Fund invests in projects run by social enterprises (either as CICs or limited companies) that tackle the challenges faced by those affected by cancer or generating learning…
Kent Community Foundation: Kent Social Enterprise Loan Fund (KSELF)
Loans Social EnterpriseThe Kent Social Enterprise Loan Fund (KSELF) offers Kent’s charities and social enterprises unsecured loans of between £10,000 and £100,000. The scheme is a blended loan and grant fund (30%) with a flat interest rate of 5% with a split between capital and interest payments remaining fixed throughout the term. Investment readiness and business support is also provided…
Shackleton Foundation
Social Enterprise YouthThe Shackleton Foundation awards seed-funding of up to £10,000 to early-stage social entrepreneurs with the potential to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people – just as Sir Ernest Shackleton helped others to overcome their doubts and fears in the face of true adversity. Projects must: be innovative and fresh; fulfil a…
The Fore
Arts & Culture Community Buildings/Halls Environmental Health & Social Care Heritage Older People Social Enterprise Sports YouthThe Fore is the only open-access funder in the UK offering development funding and strategic support to early-stage charities and social enterprises. Unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 over one to three years and access to business expertise are available to any UK registered charity, social enterprise or community interest company with an annual income less than £1m.…
The Henry Smith Charity: Improving Lives
Health & Social Care Social EnterpriseThe Improving Lives grant programme provides grants (of up to £20,000 per year for a maximum of three years) to charitable organisations including social enterprises that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available. The Henry Smith Charity supports established organisations (with incomes of between £50,000 – £2…
Plunkett Foundation: More Than A Pub – The Community Pub Business Support Programme
Social EnterpriseThe Plunkett Foundation offer finance packages of loans and grants to communities that are considering taking on the responsibility for and ownership of their local pub, through purchase or long-term lease. The programme will increase the number of community-owned pubs open and trading. For many communities, pubs are not just a place to drink; they…
Kaleidoscope Investments
Social EnterpriseKaleidoscope Investments provides financial backing to help disabled entrepreneurs in the UK start their own business. The fund will assist in the development of the businesses it invests in and ensure they make a worthwhile return for investors. Alongside investment opportunities, Kaleidoscope provides advice, mentors and infrastructure around the disabled entrepreneur. For further information and…
Architectural Heritage Fund: Project Viability Grant
Social EnterpriseProject Viability Grants (PVG) are to fund studies to look at potential uses for a building and at its current condition, and produce a Viability Report to a standard template. Successful completion of this will be used to judge whether applicants can then apply for the AHF’s Project Development Grant funding, and can be used…
Social and Sustainable Capital: Third Sector Investment Fund
Loans Social EnterpriseLaunched by Social and Sustainable Capital, the Third Sector Investment Fund invests in social enterprises and charities across the UK through secured and unsecured loans. The Fund’s investors are Santander, Big Society Capital and the Social Investment Business Foundation. The Fund invests between £150,000 and £3 million in charities and social enterprises across the UK.…