This report shares insights from the Growth Impact Fund, which was launched in 2022 to actively address inequality by increasing access to finance. It highlights expected and unexpected barriers the fund has faced, such as challenges within the legal process during contracting and negotiation stage of deals, and the steps taken to address them.

This report from Impact Investing Institute by Connected Places Catapult examines the diverse ecosystem of community-based finance in the UK, mapping the key actors, mechanisms, and success stories that demonstrate its potential.

This action guide is for those seeking to pursue and advance a Community Wealth Building approach in their locality, including economic development practitioners, community activists and organizations, anchor institutions, local government agencies and leaders, and other interested stakeholders.

BSC's EDI plan rests on three focus areas - People and Culture, Engagement and Market Building and Investment and Portfolio.

The Buen Vivir Fund seeks to promote financial models and practices that support communities’ holistic wellbeing, as opposed to focusing solely on maximizing individuals’ capital accumulation.

The SheEO model brings together women from all different backgrounds + ages, called Activators who contribute to a Perpetual Fund that is loaned out at zero percent interest to women-led Ventures who are working on the World’s To-Do List, who are selected by the Activators.

Peer-Selected Investment is a collaborative due-diligence model that takes a bottom-up approach to investing in early-stage startups.

Provides VCs with the tools and practices to open their networks and make funding available to underrepresented founders, as well as the resources needed to cultivate an environment where founders and colleagues from all backgrounds feel they belong in the industry and the ecosystem.

Learnings from National Lottery Community Fund on people with lived experience by sectors.

What would investment in communities look like if those very communities were part of the process?

Impact investors are increasingly engaging in 'systems practice' to better understand the underlying causes to social and environmental problems and to identify high leverage solutions to advance positive systems change.

Podcast series on the role Gender Lens Investing plays in the growing field of ethical impact investing.

Examples of the equality, diversity and inclusion practices of fund managers in our portfolio and wider sector.

When UnLtd and our partners launched the Social Enterprise Support Fund (SESF) in July 2020, the UK and the world was going through a social awakening.