Venturesome, the social investment fund of the Charities Aid Foundation, has today released a report which calls for greater clarity and cooperation in the social investment market to help charities achieve their social aims. Financing Civil Society: A practitioner’s view of the social investment market examines the present state of the UK social investment market highlighting the recent rapid growth of the market and recommends ways that this early success can be built upon.
The report highlights barriers to and opportunities for future development. It says that financial risk aversion, a lack of understanding of charities’ financial needs and inefficiency in the marketplace have become barriers to achieving more social impact - they all mean that funding isn’t getting through to the places where it is needed. The report goes on to recommend more co-investment by funders, greater information sharing – including major market players working together to produce ongoing research data on investments – and a common language to help all parties understand each other.

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3 September 2008
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