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The Social Investment Business works with the media in a number of ways to promote our work, raise awareness of social investment and gain coverage of the great work of our investees.
Below are some highlights of our recent coverage. Please note all links lead to external websites.
November 2011
15 Nov - Guardian Social Enterprise Network - Charities can now play the social investment game
Jonathan Jenkins explains why new guidance that allows charities to invest in ways that directly further their charitable aims is a seismic shift in the social investment market.
October 2011
16 Oct - Financial Times - Green and Ethical Investment comes of age
Coverage of Making Good in Social Impact Investment
7 Oct - Civil Society - Government opens £20m fund giving grants of £100,000 plus
Announcement of the launch of the Social Action Fund
September 2011
27 Sept - Guardian Social Enterprise Network - It was all yellow
Policy Manager Sam Dowling writes about the Lib Dem party conference
22 Sept - Charity Times - Social Investment Business respond to DPM speech
Charity Times reports our response to the Deputy Prime Minister's speech at the Lib Dem party conference
August 2011
11 Aug - Civil Society - New £12m grant and loan fund for social enterprises opens
Coverage of the opening of the SEIF Capital Growth Fund
4 Aug - Regeneration and Renewal - Social Investment Business appoints new chief executive
Coverage of Jonathan Jenkins being appointed as the new Chief Executive of The Social Investment Business
July 2011
19 July - Third Sector - Interview: Jonathan Lewis
David Ainsworth interview Jonathan Lewis as he leaves The Social Investment Business
6 July - Public Finance - Bonds with a social conscience
Project Manager Sarah Flood writes about social impact bonds
June 2011
24 June - Guardian Social Enterprise Network - Best bits - branding your social enterprise
Round-up of a live Q&A our Comms Officer Nic Jones took part in
16 June - Nick Temple's Blog - Translated, recorded, reported: recent works
Coverage of our 'An Interview With...' podcast series
May 2011
17 May - Guardian Social Enterprise Network - Big society – one year on, has it worked?
Jonathan Lewis blogs for the Guardian on a year since the Big Society agenda was launched.
April 2011
10 Apr - Guardian Social Enterprise Network -
Head of Investments Simi Shah features in this summary of the best bits of a Guardian Q&A on raising capital for social enterprises
4 Apr - Civil Society -
Communitybuilders £27m fund transfers to permanent endowment
Civil Society cover the news that the remainder of the Communitybuilders Fund has been endowed to the ACF.
March 2011
16 March - Municipal Journal - Charities prompted to team up for services
Jonathan Lewis speaks to Municipal Journal about civil society organisations delivering public services
9 March - Guardian Social Enterprise Network - Social enterprises are not a risky option for public services
Head of New Business Penny Fell and SEIF Investee Sheffield Wellbeing Consortium feature in this article on social enterprises working with commissioners
February 2011
21 Feb - Public Finance - Big Society not the begging bowl, by Jonathan Lewis
Jonathan Lewis on the Big Society and the Big Society Bank
9 Feb - Charity Times - £200 million boost for Big Society Bank: sector verdict
The Social Investment Business response to Big Society Bank announcements included in the sector roundup
January 2011
13 Jan - Civil Society - Blunkett calls for multi-million youth volunteering fund
Civil Society writes about Civil Society Wishes for 2011, published by The Social Investment Business
December 2010
30 Dec - Guardian Social Enterprise Network - Q&A Best Bits: working in collaboration and consortia
Head of new business at The Social Investment Business Penny Fell provides her expertise on working in collaboration and consortia
14 Dec - Civil Society - Localism Bill will 'remove barriers' for civil society
Jonathan Lewis on how the Localism Bill put to parliament yesterday by the coalition government will "remove barriers" for the sector, if the right assistance is provided.
November 2010
22 Nov - The Guardian Social Enterprise Network - Understanding the financial landscape for social enterprise
The Social Investment Business' Sue Peters examines the impact changes in the funding, lending and investment markets are having on social enterprise
14 Nov - The Independent on Sunday - Life after the Army: Centre opens for homeless veterans
Coverage of investee Norcare, who have opened a unique new veterans' centre in north-east England to help hundreds of former service personnel who face sleeping rough, unemployment, mental illness and prison.
October 2010
25 Oct - Social Enterprise - Social Investment Business among government’s official fund managers
The Social Investment Business has been picked as one of six approved grant fund managers by the government.
21 Oct - Civil Society - Fast action needed for new finance models
As the cuts cloud engulfs the UK, could new models of financing provide the bright light the sector needs? Jonathan Lewis, Chief Executive at The Social Investment Business discusses.
September 2010
30 Sep - Liberal Democrat Voice - The Independent View:Big Society by any other name would smell as sweet
Jonathan Lewis, Chief Executive at The Social Investment Business blogs about the Liberal Democrat Political Party Conference events.
9 Sep - Public Finance - Big Society is a big ask, by Stephen Bubb
Our Chair Stephen Bubb discusses the role of community organisations and the nature of the relationship between the voluntary sector, society and the state.
July 2010
7 July - The Guardian - Community companies offer new kind of public service
Coverage of Communitybuilders investees South Holland Radio and Alt Valley Community Trust in The Guardian, outlining the public services they offer.