Salad Money, a social enterprise and Responsible Finance member, has agreed a new £2m facility with not-for-profit financial inclusion organisation Fair4All Finance. The deal will help meet increasing demand from NHS and public sector workers who might otherwise turn to unaffordable payday loans or even loan sharks. Continue reading
Archives for November 2022
Month: November 2022
From discrimination and repossession to entrepreneurial inspiration with Jules Hawkins
This is both an extraordinary and, sadly, an every day tale. All over the UK people with children or caring responsibilities compete for shifts or work patterns which fit around them, face the ‘poverty premium’ or… Continue reading
Yorkshire’s transition to net zero has roots in one CDFI Loan
When Yorkshire-based CDFI Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) made a start-up loan in 2019 to SeaGrown, a small business devoted to harvesting seaweed, it saw its potential in a way that an online, algorithm driven lender would… Continue reading
2022 Member Day – Workshops and Speakers
Our 2022 Member Day is for everyone working in community development finance to learn, share best practice, and find new ways to boost access to finance for people, businesses and social enterprises. It has been designed… Continue reading