Stories of our social investment in action and a breakdown of our active and total social investment portfolio.
Social investment portfolio
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Stories
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Land Purchase Facility
The Land Purchase Facility supports our partner conservation organisations to purchase land of high current or potential conservation value.
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Resonance Ltd
Resonance is a South West based social impact investor, who advise on, and manage, a number of social investment funds. Their funds support social enterprises tackling a range of social issues including community-led projects.
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Shift Design
Shift is a research and innovation charity. Working alongside Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, CAF Venturesome and UnLtd, Shift sought to explore the role of alternative forms of social investment as a way of enabling greater social impact.
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Environment Agency, Defra and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation collaboration
A collaborative pilot with the Environment Agency and Defra to support environmental projects in creating funding models which could be replicated by other projects up and down the country.
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Nesta Arts & Culture Impact Fund
Managed by Nesta, the Arts & Culture Impact Fund (and its predecessor, the Arts Impact Fund), brings together public, private and charitable funding to demonstrate the potential and impact of social investment in the arts.
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The Rivers Trust
The Rivers Trust is a charity that acts as an umbrella organisation for over 60 member Trusts. We approved a co-designed £1.8m bridging loan facility to plug cashflow gaps for Trusts due Water Environment Grants, which are paid in arrears.
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Fair4All Finance
Fair4All Finance supports the financial wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances by increasing access to fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services.
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Portfolio breakdown
You can find links to more information about all our grants and social investments in our portfolio.
