About THE PROJECT
Purpose
Vision
That Irish social enterprises are investment ready and have many ways to access social finance opportunities
Mission
To co-design and develop new social financing instruments and an investment readiness tool for social enterprises in Ireland
Values
Collaboration; Openness; Supportive; Informed by Research
what we will achieve
Outputs of the project include the following.
Mapping
Research: mapping the social finance market in Ireland
Finance Instruments
Identify suitable finance instrument/s or mechanisms to support social enterprises based in EU best practices
Program
Design an investment-readiness program tailored to the Irish landscape of social enterprise and financial markets to build investment-readiness
Identify Managers
Identify suitable financial managers for the social finance instruments/ mechanisms envisaged and providers for the investment-readiness programme developed
Collaboration
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between private, public and non-for-profit partners to piloting the financial instrument/s identified
Recommendations
Identify and suggest future potential funding schemes to sustain the implementation and future longevity of the financial instrument
Dissemination
Disseminate the mapping and consultation research findings to the wider social enterprise community
Website
Build and manage a website/ blog/ social profile for the project
Consortium Partners
Rethink Ireland
Dublin City University
Community Finance Ireland
SUPPORTING Partner
Irish Social Enterprise Network
OUR FUNDING
