Market Update: 3 ways that Worthstone is having an impact in the social investment sector 1. PRESS RELEASE: London and Belfast planners back sustainable investment hub 2. VIDEO: Hear one of our Founder Partners – Chris Holmes (Almus Wealth) – talk about social impact investing 3. READ: How SITR and SIBs are opening up opportunities for IFAs to make a […]
Please click here to download the report as a pdf. This report is designed to document Worthstone’s impact following the March 2016 Social Investment Academy. Our vision is to see social impact investment established as an integral part of the financial planning process for individual investors in the UK and this event is the largest gathering […]
Big Society Capital (BSC) today published their annual review for 2015. The review reveals an impressive and encouraging picture for the nascent social investment market. Market Growth At the end of 2015, the review outlines that social investment in the UK was worth over £1.5bn and is being used by over 3,000 charities and social […]
Triple Point announced that it has delivered £1 million of SITR-qualifying social investment funding. This union between private investors and social enterprises has led to benefits in both the healthcare and education sectors. It looks to be the first of its kind delivered by a mainstream fund manager but there is hope an increase in […]
Why should advisers get involved with social impact investment, and how (Video by New Model Advisor) from Gavin Francis via Vimeo.
Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) was introduced in July 2014 to help social enterprises raise funding by offering tax reliefs to investors. In this blog we’ll explain what’s happened with SITR so far and explore why we could now be on the threshold of SITR becoming much more widely used. Recap SITR is a government […]