8th January 2025
New research reveals cost and opportunity for the community sector to meet efficiency standards Newly announced government plans require rented domestic buildings to reach an EPC rating of C by... Read more
9th December 2024
Create Equity, Social Investment Business (SIB) and The Ubele Initiative have reopened the Flexible Finance Fund after receiving additional funding from Access – the Foundation for Social Investment. The previous... Read more
6th November 2024
Charities and social enterprises, especially those based in disadvantaged areas, struggle to find investment for energy resilience and to make the transition to Net Zero. To help organisations access the... Read more
5th November 2024
The Cost of Living Fund from Social Investment Business recently concluded with all the funding distributed. The £4million blended fund was created in Autumn 2023 in response to an Institute... Read more
28th October 2024
Community buildings play a crucial role as spaces for people to come together, support each other and build connections. New research by the Social Investment Business’s data team shows that... Read more
13th September 2024
New research by SIB has shown that the UK’s community buildings are in desperate need of renovation. The sector’s buildings are in a worse condition than other non-domestic buildings, resulting... Read more
5th September 2024
New research by social finance lender Social Investment Business (SIB), shows that improvements to the energy efficiency of community buildings is lagging behind other non-domestic buildings. This is leaving the... Read more
19th June 2024
Nick Temple, Social Investment Business Chief Executive Officer, has received an OBE for his commitment to the social enterprise sector, as part of the King’s Birthday Honours list. OBEs are... Read more
24th April 2024
Community buildings play a crucial role as spaces for people to come together, support each other and build connections. New research by the Social Investment Business’s data team shows that... Read more
22nd March 2024
Now is the moment for Local Authorities to invest in a mass divestment of their assets into community ownership. In deprived areas, local community groups provide crucial services. Our research... Read more
15th March 2024
We're coming up to the two-year anniversary of the launch of the Flexible Finance Fund, so we thought we’d look back at why it was created, who it’s for and... Read more
7th March 2024
Today we’ve been in Parliament to launch a new report on the national policy change needed to better support our growing movement and create a stronger, fairer, greener economy. You... Read more
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