Welcome
In this issue we focus on social impact investment (SII), which blends enterprise with social imperatives to create a new stream of capital that some say will ‘transform’ the...
social impact investing
Social impact investment (SII) brings together two unlikely bed-fellows: social good and financial return. This catalytic blend of capitalism and philanthropy could, say some, give rise to a...
Do philanthropists have a special role to play in social impact investing(SII)? Many think so and here CAF Venturesome’s Paul Cheng explains why a propensity to ‘give’ rather than...
What drives a wealthy person to socially invest? According to recent research from NESTA’[1]the major driver is being able to achieve social impact over the desire for financial return.
Philanthropists are increasingly being asked to make social investments. They are being encouraged to see social investment as a new asset class: neither a grant, where the money is never seen again...
Having decided it was “more important to invest positively than to focus on the negative,” in 2007, Friends Provident Foundation made its first impact investment, a £250,000...
Cool2Care, a social enterprise and Community Interest Company (CIC) which supports families with disabled children and young people, received £500,000 of investment to expand its services in...
Billed as a ‘game-changing’ moment in social impact investment, last month’s £3m plus deal structured by social lender Fair Finance will allow it to help 100,000 financially...
Social Impact Bonds (SIB) are a form of outcomes-based contract in which public sector commissioners commit to pay for significant improvement in social outcomes (such as a reduction in offending...
Natasha Oakshett, of Withers LLP, explains the tax reliefs and incentives available to social investors
Last month (May) the Big Society Bank, that will act as a wholesale investor for social investment and champion the sector to the public, stakeholders and investors, took a ‘momentous step...
Social impact investment has added a tranche of new terms to the philanthropy vocabulary. Here we offer some definitions from leading sector organisations.
What's new in social investment
News from the world of social impact investment.
Quick Q&As with industry experts
Daniela Barone Soares, chief executive of Impetus Trust, answers our quick Q&A
What is venture philanthropy?
Venture philanthropy is an active approach to philanthropy, which involves giving...
Bernie Morgan, outgoing chief executive of the Community Development Finance Association (cdfa), the membership association for Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs), answers our quick Q...
Antony Ross, executive director of Bridges Ventures and manager of the Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund, answers our quick Q&A
Maya Prabhu, head of UK philanthropy at Coutts & Co, answers our quick Q&A on microfinance for philanthropists
Euroview
If one follows the press and ongoing debates, it becomes clear that the world of philanthropy and social investment is changing. Foundations and wealthy individuals are increasingly...
Letter From America
As America prepares to celebrate its 235th year of independence from Great Britain on July 4th, there’s one growing phenomenon which continues to inspire philanthropists on both sides of the...
My philanthropic journey
I have always remembered a Talmudic story my father once told me of an old man planting a carob tree whilst a passer-by looked on. The passerby knowingly asked the old man when the tree would...
Influential reading
In each newsletter, Philanthropy UK invites an influential person from the philanthropy sector to tell us what books have most inspired and shaped their approach to philanthropy.
Our ‘...
Publications reviews and notices
Leslie R. Crutchfield, John V. Kania and Mark R. Kramer
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011. 2250pp. Hardback ISBN 978-0-470-89144-5 £19.99 www.josseybass.com
Chuck Sudetic
New York: Public Affairs, May 2011. 384pp. Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-586488228 £12.59 www.publicaffairsbooks.com
Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. Fleishman
New York: Public Affairs, April 2011. 257pp. Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-58648-895-6. £12.99 www.publicaffairsbooks.com
Iona Joy, Lucy de Las Casas and Benedict Rickey
London: New Philanthropy Capital in association with NESTA, April 2011. 53pp. Free to download at http://www.philanthropycapital.org/download/default....
Matthew van Poortvliet, Lucy de Las Casas and Padraic Brick
London: New Philanthropy Capital, March 2011. 33pp Free to download at http://www.philanthropycapital.org/publications/improving_the_sector...
Sarah Hedley, Tris Lumley and Hannah Pavey
London: New Philanthropy Capital, March 2011. 22pp. Free to download at http://www.philanthropycapital.org/publications/improving_the_sector/grantmaking/...
Colin Rochester, George Campbell Gosling, Alison Penn & Meta Zimmeck (Eds)
Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, March 2011. 206pp. Softcover. ISBN 9-781845-194246. £25.00 http://www.sussex-...
Rupert Scofield
Singapore: McGraw-Hill, May 2011. 272pp. Hardcover. ISBN 978-0071750295£19.99
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.sg/product/same_author.php?author=Rupert+Scofield
