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 report from SEUK and LSE uses elite education as a proxy to investigate aspects of diversity not yet well analysed in the social investment sector: socio-economic inclusion, and the role of power and privilege among those who work for social investors. While many social investors are taking steps to address imbalances in terms of diversity, it is important that the role of socio-economic advantage is incorporated into this work, so that investment can be better directed to people and communities that have been historically disenfranchised.

This 'Report Card' from Social Enterprise UK reviews the extent to which the social investment market has been reformed following the recommendations of the 2022 Adebowale Commission on Social Investment. The Commission found structural issues included the de-prioritisation of social enterprises and regional disparities in access to finance.

UK Material Deprivation Measures are one source of data commonly used by impact investors to identify key inequality challenges. LSE Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion have published a review of the measures, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions following recommendations by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) to review the current set of questions which underpin UK material deprivation measures and determine a way to compare material deprivation across groups.

The Gender Justice Data Hub from Global Fund for Women connects research, technology, and social movements' insights to deepen understanding of gender justice efforts worldwide.

This report on the impact, learning and legacy of the £6.3 million Connect Fund found its impact was strongest on open, fair and transparent access; and far greater understanding and action on barriers faced by organisations led by under-represented groups and investment flowing particularly to organisations led by under-represented groups.

This Key Fund report draws on case studies and figures to illustrate how the fund has provided support to over 378,000 individuals.

Led by Professor Sir Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Deaton Review is the most ambitious study of its kind to examine a range of inequalities in the UK and the forces driving them.

This paper aims to generate momentum within the financial system to tackle inequality and improve a common understanding of the social impacts of a market-based economy.

ClearView Research’s in-depth study in partnership with the Sumerian Foundation explored challenges faced by social enterprises led by individuals from underserved backgrounds and uncovered ways to empower them.

This report presents an evidence base and a narrative for ‘levelling up’ from an equality and human rights perspective, with recommendations to improve opportunity and outcomes for everyone, where no-one is left behind.

Shares insights from 23 Social Tech ventures exploring the current funding landscape for Social Impact initiatives and what can be done to help ventures scale their impact.

Social Investment Business, Access and Power to Change review of how the three organisations are currently performing in serving the needs of minoritised ethnic communities.

The Diversity Dashboard reflects the data from seven funds and programmes over the last 2 years: totalling 5,189 applicants with 1,404 approved, and contains key organisational information on 4,737 unique social sector organisations.

As well as producing an estimate of UK market size for the first time, the report analyses the key attributes and actors within the market today, the levers and drivers that can support its growth and the trends that are likely to dominate it in the future.

The Commission on Social Investment was an independent group set up by Lord Victor Adebowale CBE to investigate the current state of the social investment market and how the market could better enable the growth of social enterprises.

B Lab Global’s Insights team has created a report that leverages the thousands of users (and data points) of the SDG Action Manager to conduct a comprehensive analysis of where companies are prioritizing actions on the SDGs, how they are performing, and what they are looking to improve upon.

This guide has been designed thinking of any research or practitioners’ team interested in piloting the MIF with a feminist perspective, both when framing and implementing the research process but also when conducting the analysis itself.

This report contains key practice-based insights on how funding modalities can succeed in providing sustained and direct resources to feminist movements.

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.