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Social Impact Bonds- An Introduction
Social impact bonds are an innovative financial instrument that puts private funds to work to help solve social problems. It represents a monetary influx for social projects and gives investors an opportunity to support social issues and turn a profit all at the same...
Rethinking Innovation in Social Finance Report
Check out our 'Rethinking Innovation in Social Finance Report' here. The 'Financing Social Enterprise in Ireland - Models of Impact and Readiness' consortium are delighted to launch the 'Rethinking Innovation in Social Finance Report. After 2 years of collaboration...
Philanthropy and the potential for Multiplicity of Impact
As an all-island body, Community Finance Ireland (CFI) is among those uniquely positioned to recognise the part Philanthropy has played in the economic regeneration and rural development of Northern Ireland and the southern border region over the past 40 years....
Could Credit Unions be a source for wholesale Social Finance?
According to https://creditunion.ie , some 3.6 million members of the Irish Credit Unions affiliated to the Irish league of Credit Unions (ILCU) have amassed combined savings of €16.31 billion, with €4.89 billion being made available in loans to these same...
Rethinking Innovation in Social Finance
Our final event for our project 'Financing Social Enterprise in Ireland - Models of Impact Investing & Readiness' will be on 30th November 2022. We are finalising plans for our in person event in the Central Bank in Dublin from 09:30 until 11:15 on 30th November...
SocialFinance.ie Roadshows
The Irish Social Finance Eco-system is poised to introduce it’s first new financial product in over 20 years, following research undertaken by Rethink Ireland, Community Finance Ireland, and Dublin City University, in association with the Irish Social Enterprise...
New Social Finance Product for Ireland
The Irish Social Finance Eco-system is poised to introduce it’s first new financial product in over 20 years, following research undertaken by Rethink Ireland, Community Finance Ireland, and Dublin City University, in association with the Irish Social Enterprise...
Social Finance: What’s the point?
The ambition of all within the Social Economy is to encourage sustainability and reduce levels of dependency, where possible, on the uncontrollable, whatever guise it might take. The CVSE (Community, Voluntary and Social Enterprise) sector owes a great deal to the...
Social Finance: Utilised by 50% of Social Economy (surveyed)
A survey on social finance (Sep. ‘21), commissioned by DCU and responded to by almost 200 social enterprises across Ireland, revealed a number of interesting findings. One such outcome was that half of the respondents source their finance directly from the...
Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Bonds are a relatively recent innovation, circa 2007. They are financial instruments designed to use private, public, philanthropic funds or a combination of these to finance work to help solve complex social problems. It is important to note that SIBs...