We felt like it’s the right moment to reshare this blog from @rebka99.bsky.social who draws on her own lived experience to ask whether a charity’s 'busy' and a social enterprise’s 'busy' are the same thing - and what social investment might have to do with it! Read the blog here: buff.ly/OwCuQPa

The UK-first trial gave 99 care leavers a one-off cash lump sum to see if it prevented them from falling into homelessness.

Care leavers were given £2,000. Here's how they spent it

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How fucking dare he?

I’ve just heard the ice cream 🚐 🍨 😯

She shares her journey supporting charities and social enterprises with practical approaches to sustainability. Take a deeper look below 👇 And if you’d like to build your knowledge of social investment, explore our Knowledge Hub > buff.ly/MAwSs0o

Can someone be a founder, trustee and facilitator? Yes, she can 💪 🗣️ ♀️Meet: @rebka99.bsky.social Our #IWD2026 Women in Impact series continues with Rebecca, founder of Hasler-White Inclusive Facilitation.

On this day fours years ago, enough was enough. The horrific invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Something inside of me snapped and a lifetime of waking up, switching on the news ended in floods of tears for this incredible country. Слава Україні 🇺🇦

Want to learn more about power? Sign up to the 25th Feb workshop, facilitated by Katie Roberts and Ann-Marie Agyeman, at https://smk.org.uk/training-events/lived-experience-solidarity-social-change/

When a treasured pub was at risk of closing, how did a committed community come together to save it? And what role did social investment play? Read NEW blog, produced in partnership with Locality, to learn about the comeback story the Half Moon Inn! www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/...

To misquote Monty Don - planting/sowing in the winter is the definition of hope.

The social enterprise sector is one I remain proud to be associated with. Despite the tough times an astonishing 83% pay the living wage.

It was great to attend the Funding the Future event in Dereham to meet charity and social enterprise leaders exploring funding options. We discussed the role Good Finance can play in helping organisations to navigate social investment as a financial tool. Learn more here: buff.ly/jEovq2b

Have YOUR say! 🔊 Calling charities & social enterprises. Help shape Good Finance’s future (2026–32). Share what works, what doesn’t & what support you really need in our short survey. 🎁 Win a £50 voucher 👉 goodfinanceuk.typeform.com/to/q078YzeE Privacy Policy: www.goodfinance.org.uk/privacy-poli...

Is your social enterprise not ready for repayable finance? Head to our ‘Pre Investment Support Hub’ to find tools, resources and organisations that can help you with key aspects, including marketing strategies, business planning and governance and policies 👇 buff.ly/IgxXsPh

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At Good Finance, one of our core missions is to improve knowledge on social investment or socially responsible investment (SRI) including, what it is, what it can be used for and the journey and process it requires.

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I just think it should be called Agnes and not Hamnet 🤷🏻‍♀️

In & out of the dentist in 6 minutes. At £27.80 my very rough maths makes it £280 an hour. This is not ragebait post (I’ve worked for the public sector @ run my own business so I know what things cost). Anyone more knowledgeable than me have any views on whether this does in fact sound a lot or not?

So @scaramucci.bsky.social, you’ve always insisted that Putin had something on Trump. Isn’t it actually the case that Trump just wanted to copy from the Putin playbook and invade a sovereign country?

Nothing says New Year’s Day like homemade granola. Happy New Year 🥳

Thank goodness for the erudite, well thought through and nuanced views of our local press 🤦‍♀️

There are MAJOR opportunities to support charities & social enterprises through social investment. Our latest blog breaks down the State of Social Enterprise report, exploring what the data tells us about access to finance — and specifically, social investment. 👉5min read: bit.ly/48SSRLK

Christmas is economically strange. We stop working. Spending surges. Profit stops mattering. Time off is normalised. Family and care come first. And we accept all of this without question. The real tragedy is not Christmas excess. It is forgetting the lesson in January. youtu.be/pgFUNnP0Tj4?...

Christmas breaks the rules of economics

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This is a fabulous quote from a recent webinar covering all you need to know about social investment. It might surprise you. You can find support, webinars & information about Social Investment & put rocket fuel under your charity or social enterprise, on the @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social website.

A fantastic community yesterday in Jenny Lind Park with our @camerados-org.bsky.social Public Living Room

Who’d have thought that Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation at the same time would end up being too much? 🤦‍♀️ www.edp24.co.uk/news/2567163...

Norfolk and Suffolk mayoral elections to be delayed for TWO YEARS

In a move understood to be announced today, the Norfolk and Suffolk mayoral elections could be postponed until 2028.

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Contrary to these findings, the process of securing social investment in reshaping our impact story was as transformational as the investment itself. If you’re wondering about how to grow, sustain or transform your charity or social enterprise, I recommend the @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social website

With help from the Wise Owl Mentor 🦉 Benny strengthened his model and his second social investment application was successful! Want support too? Check out our Advisor Directory on the Good Finance site >> buff.ly/GaU9TAY 💬 Tell us your favourite moment from the series! #socialenterprise

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things.” Robert Brault The smallest moments often mean the most. The simple things really do matter. 🧡 #kindness #gentleness #humanness Picture by simply anxious

I want to say ‘Rain in Royston’, but I’m in Hitchin grabbing breakfast before a workshop for the Hitchin branch of the @samaritans.bsky.social Luckily I’ve been promised a rail replacement bus via Royston 🚌 later 👿

You’d be forgiven for thinking I plan my wardrobe 😆 #hitchin #hertfordshire #workshop #board #samaritans

It’s #socialenterpriseday for all those that celebrate! Today I’ll be sharing glimpses of the wonderful social enterprises locally. Many struggle in these tough times and to be honest many are too reliant on funding. It’s time think seriously about trading sustainably. Social investment can help!