April 26 2016

Thanks for all the correspondence of late, it’s great to have so many engaged readers and hear of your projects. All are welcome to join the SIB News list, I’m intending to keep the core service free for the PFS community for as long as I feasibly can (hopefully forever).

Here are today’s stories:

David Floyd: The Growth Of The Social Investment Market

Third Sector

Plus: a long way to go on social impact bonds and the Skoll World Forum.

At this year’s Skoll World Forum in Oxford, social enterpreneurship luminaries agreed social change was more vital than ever and congratulated themselves on being so awesome at delivering it.

 

The Secret To Social Investment

Ellie Ward – Pioneers Post

There is plenty of money in social investment looking for a home. This is “the secret that investors have kept hidden from charities and social enterprises”, said CEO of the Access Foundation Seb Elsworth.