Social Inclusion and Education
Europe / UK
| Investor | Investment themes | Type of investment | Amount of investment | Stage of investment | Eligible business entities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB Charitable Trust | Human rights of marginalised and excluded people - migrants and refugees and the justice system. Invest in companies with a turnover between £150k-1.5 million | Grants | Seed | For profit, Social enterprise | |
| Access – The Foundation for Social Investment | Sector agnostic but seeks to give social enterprises and charities the access to investment that they may otherwise not be able to get | Equity, Debt | £10k - £150k through investor partners | Social enterprise, Not for profit, Charity | |
| Ada Ventures | Climate, economics empowerment, healthcare & ageing | Investment | £250k-£1 million | Pre-Series A | For profit, Social enterprise |
| Ascension Ventures | Fair by Design Fund - poverty premium (closed). Ascension Fund III - social inequalities, cost of living | Equity | £250k-£700k | Pre-seed to pre-series A | For profit, B Corps |
| Aviva Community Fund | Financial Wellbeing: helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything. Climate Action: promoting thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change | Grants | matches every individual donation received up to £250 | Crowdfunding | Charity, Social enterprise (CIO, CIC, CLG, CASC) |
| Bank Workers Charity | Mental and physical health, wellbeing, poverty | Social bond, Loans, convertible Loans, and Equity | £50k-£125k | Series A+ | Social enterprise, For profit with social purpose |
| Barrow Cadbury Trust | Criminal justice, migration, economic justice, social investment | Grants, Social investment | £50k- £250k | Pre-Seed, Seed | Social enterprise, Charity |
| BBC Children in Need | Improving the lives of children | Grants | typically less than £15,000 | Early stage to Series A | Charity, Social enterprise |
| Big Issue Invest | Tackling social inequality, particularly through solutions to poverty | Debt, quasi-Equity, Equity. | £20k-£4 million | Early stage to Series A (note: equity investment applicable to Growth Impact Fund only), Mature, Growth, Expansion funding | Social enterprise, For Profit, Not for profit, Charity, B corp |
| Big Society Capital | Financial inclusion, education, and health and wellbeing (improvement of people's lives) | Investor in Funds | Fund of funds | Funds | |
| Blue Spark Foundation | Children and young people - education | Grants | £0-£5000 | Seed | Not for profit |
| Bridges Fund Management , Bridges ventures | Sustainable Planet: solutions that will help reduce emission and decarbonise the economy (sustainable buildings, clean energy transition, food production). Healthier Lives: solutions that improve physical and mental health and well-being. Future skills: solutions that help people to up-skill of re-skill, so they can participate in the workforce Stronger communities: solutions that improve access to quality good, services and opportunities | Equity, Debt | £2million-£30million | Series A onwards. | For profit with social purpose |
| Bristol and Bath Regional Capital | Health and wellbeing, community initiatives, economic inclusion, environmental transformation | Grants, Loans, Equity | £50k-£1million | Seed+ | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise |
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | Access to culture, access to care, access to education, climate and ocean, democracy and civil society, Armenian communities and partnerships with Africa. | Grants, scholarships | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise, Charity | ||
| City Bridge Trust | Reducing inequality | Grants, Social Investment | average £44,000 | Charity, Not for profit | |
| Co-Op Foundation | Stronger communities, youth | Grants, Loans | up to £200k, depending on Fund | Early stage | Charity |
| EKA Ventures | Sustainable consumption: Shifting to an efficient, circular model that delivers products that are better for the consumer and the planet. Consumer healthcare: Moving from a reactive treatment-driven health system to a more proactive and preventive consumer-led system. Inclusive economy: Using data to better understand a customer's individual needs so that core, essential products are affordable and accessible to everyone. | £0.5-£3 million | Seed+ | For profit | |
| Esmee fairnbairn foundation | "Our Natural World, "A Fairer Future" - focussing on race, migrants and gender injustice and "Creative Confident Communities" - place based change | Grants, Debt, Equity | £100k to £2m | Seed + | Social enterprise, B corp, Not for profit |
| Ethex | Investment opportunities include housing, energy and community focussed projects | Equity | £150k+ | Seed + | Social enterprise, For profit |
| Fair by Design Fund | Poverty | Loans, Equity | £100k-£500k | Seed to Series A+ | For profit, Social enterprise, CIC, Not for profit, Charity, B Corps |
| Henry Smith Charity | Improving lives, strengthening communities, Christian projects | Grants | £500-£70k | Not for profit | |
| Joseph Rowntree Foundation | People, living standards, economic insecurity, society, housing, place | Social investment, Philanthropy | Social enterprise, Charity | ||
| Key Fund | provides Funding to pay staff, growth and development | Social Investment Loans and Grants to people and enterprises | from £5k up to £300k | Any | Community, Social enterprise |
| Macquarie Group Foundation | Breaking down barriers to employment. | Equity, quasi-equity, debt, funds. | $A500,000+ | n/a | Social enterprise, for profit, not for profit, charity, B Corp, fund |
| Mustard Seed | They invest in businesses with a core product or service that is inherently beneficial to society: economic inclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health, family & community | Grants, Equity | between Pre-Seed and Series B | Social enterprise, B corp, For profit with social purpose | |
| NatWest Social & Community Capital | NatWest Social & Community Capital is a charity funded and supported by NatWest in order to help social enterprises and community businesses. | Social Investment, Loans | £30k-£500k | any social enterprise unable to get traditional capital | Social enterprise |
| Nesta | Provide financial, knowledge and network capital to innovative tech ventures that are changing the world for good. Back businesses that are closely aligned to Nesta’s Mission impact goals; improving school readiness, tackling obesity, reducing household carbon emissions and improving productivity. We invest in: edtech, foodtech, healthtech, climate tech, the future of work and productivity. | Equity | £500k-£1 million | Seed, Series A | Social enterprise, For profit |
| Northstar Ventures Ltd | Healthy ageing, future of work and learning, the future of place and climate tech | Equity | £100k-£5million | Seed, Series A | For profit, Social enterprise |
| Oltre Impact | Community and local development, education and employment, sustainable Finance, heath, personal care and wellbeing, food and agriculture, smart cities and clean mobility, clean energy, sustainable goods and services | Equity, acquisition | €2- €8million | Series A+ | For profit, For profit with social purpose |
| People’s Health Trust | Eliminating health inequalities | Grants | up to £1 million | Social enterprise, Charity | |
| power to change | Business in community hands | Grants | up to £25k | Seed | Social enterprise, Charity |
| Resolution Ventures | WorkerTech, Future of Work, HRTech, FinTech | Equity, debt, quasi-equity, community shares | £30k - £70k | Pre-seed, Seed | For profit, co-ops |
| Resonance | Affordable housing | Loans | up to £3million | For profit, Social enterprise, Charity. | |
| Santander Foundation | Digital and financial empowerment | Grants | £25k-£150k | Charity | |
| Shackleton Foundation | Young people | Equity | up to £10k | Seed | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise |
| Social and Sustainable Capital | Wellbeing of individuals, families, groups and communities through the purchase of property, redevelopment of a property and the development of community renewables | Loans, Equity | £250k-£3million | Seed | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise |
| Social Investment Business | Finance and support for projects aimed at building fairer communities | Grants, Loans, Blended | up to £1.5million, | any | Charity, Social enterprise, For profit with social purpose |
| Social Tech Trust | Communities, Health, Wealth | Grants | Seed, Early | Social enterprise, For profit with social purpose | |
| Tesco: Bags of Help Community Grants | Local children and young people | Grants | up to £1500 | any | Charity, community organisations |
| The Breadsticks Foundation | Healthcare and education | Grants | long term ongoing support | Charity | |
| The Bromley Trust | Human rights and prison reform | Grants | £10k - £25k | Charity | |
| The Care and Wellbeing Fund | Community focus, link to cancer | Investment | £400k-£1million+ | any | Social enterprise |
| The Draper Foundation | Disadvantaged and excluded | Grants | up to £100k | Early + Growth | Grants |
| The Fore | Arts and culture; disability; economic development and employability; environment; health and wellbeing; housing and homelessness; human rights, law and justice; poverty and disadvantage; sport; women and girls; youth education | Grants | up to £30k | Seed | Not for profit, Charities, Community Benefit Societies, Community Interest Companies, Charitable Incorporated Organisations |
| The London Community Foundation | London based community projects and charities | Grants | Charity, community organisations | ||
| The Rank Foundation | Inequality | Equity, Debt, Grants | up to £150k | Not for profit, Social enterprise | |
| The Woodward Charitable Trust | Youth, Health & social care, Education & employment, Arts & culture | Grants | up to £3000 | any | Charity |
| Triodos Investment Management | Environment, cultural, social | Equity, quasi-Equity, Debt, Listed equities and bonds | £250k to £20m | Series A+ | Listed companies, private companies, Social enterprise, For profit, B Corp. |
| UK Community foundations | Boosting internal infrastructure | Grants | 2023 average £394,280 | community foundations | |
| UnLtd | Education, Health and Social care, Building access to employment, resilient communities, solutions for an ageing society. Investment for organisations that are committed to improve E&Di, looking to grow trading income and tackling inequality in the UK | Equity, Debt | Pre-Seed to Growth | social enterprises, For profit, B Corp, CLG | |
| Vodafone Business Ventures | Digital inclusion | Grants | Charity | ||
| William Wates Memorial Trust | Young people experiencing severe disadvantage to keep away from anti-social behaviour and criminal activity | Grants | £30k-£50k | Not for profit, Charity | |
| Youth Endowment Fund | Prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. | Grants | up to £2million | any | Charity, Social enterprise |
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