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£62 million boost to help CDFIs support small businesses
For the first time, a mainstream bank in the UK – Loyds Bank – has provided funding at scale to Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs), which provide loans to businesses and social enterprises that cannot get the finance they need from banks.
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Request for proposals: Data aggregation solution for the CDFI sector
We are looking for a research partner to help us to find a data aggregation solution for the CDFI sector.
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Why places matter – driving investment into places across the UK
Our Senior Programme Manager, Shadi Brazell, talks about the Institute’s place-based impact investing programme, why she is so obsessed with places and the power of money to improve people’s lives.
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Place-based impact investing with Dame Elizabeth Corley and Pete Gladwell
In the first episode of our In Conversation series, our Chair, Dame Elizabeth Corley, speaks to Pete Gladwell, Group Social Impact and Investment Director at Legal and General Capital about place-based impact investing.
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Request for proposals – Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) training programme
We are seeking a partner to co-design and deliver a training programme that will help increase the capability and capacity of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) to take on more institutional investment as part of our place-based impact investing programme.
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Blog: A role for private impact capital in social and affordable housing
This blog, written by Shadi Brazell, our programme manager for place-based impact investing, first appeared in the March edition of the National Housing Federation’s newsletter and focuses on the role of private capital in financing the delivery of social housing in the UK.
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Press Release: Impact Investing Institute welcomes Levelling Up white paper’s commitment to facilitating more local pension scheme investment in addressing place-based inequalities whilst delivering a financial return
The Impact Investing Institute welcomes the publication of the landmark Levelling Up White Paper and the ambitious, new approach it sets out, designed to re-focus Government spending on tackling place-based inequalities.
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Mobilising more investment for place-based impact
The Impact Investing Institute, together with the Good Economy and Pensions for Purpose, is working on a collaborative project aimed at mobilising more flows of institutional investment to address place-based inequalities and support more inclusive and sustainable development across the UK.
