Barnardo’s is building on its long history of supporting children and families from all backgrounds, while also listening directly to Black communities and adapting to meet changing needs. This is the message from the UK’s leading children’s charity after it hosted a virtual webinar at the end of Black History Month discussing what’s next for the charity and also what needs to change to create a more equal society. Barnardo’s ultimate aim is to achieve better outcomes for more children, and in the summer announced its commitment to being an…
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UK social impact investment market now worth more than £5 billion
Social impact investing in the UK has grown six-fold over the past eight years, increasing from £830 million in 2011 to £5.1 billion in 2019, according to figures released by Big Society Capital, the UK’s leading social impact investor [1]. Big Society Capital’s latest annual market estimate shows that most of the growth during this period has come through alternatives to traditional bank lending, which have scaled 20-fold from £169 million (2011) to £3,388 million (2019). This diversity in the social impact investment market has enabled different types of investor…
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