SASC Team Highlights 2022
Reflections on 2022 and a look ahead to next year
Peter Bedford Housing Association’s Biennial Impact Report 2020-2022
November 25, 2022 by Gilly Orr
Filed under Impact Case Studies, Housing with support
Read Peter Bedford Housing Association’s Biannual Impact Report for 2020-2022, “A New Way Forward: Tackling Loneliness and Building Inclusion“. The report looks at the work done by the staff and volunteers during the pandemic years. It highlights the efforts made to create a community and look after their vulnerable tenants in north London.
SASC invests £2m in North East charity Handcrafted to develop its supported accommodation services
Handcrafted, a charity that helps disadvantaged and socially isolated people in Durham, Gateshead and Chester-le-Street, has received a social investment loan of £2m from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) to expand its supported housing services. The loan from SASC’s Social and Sustainable Housing fund (SASH) will enable Handcrafted to purchase 23 properties and house at […]
SASC invests £2.8m in The Benjamin Foundation to buy properties for young people facing homelessness in East Anglia
The Benjamin Foundation, a charity that supports young people and families across Norfolk and Suffolk to overcome big challenges in their lives, has received a social investment loan of £2.8 million from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC). The loan from SASC’s Social and Sustainable Housing fund (SASH) will enable The Benjamin Foundation to buy 10 […]
SASC launches SASH II, its second fund delivering supported accommodation across the UK
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has launched its second housing fund, Social and Sustainable Housing II (SASH II) with almost £35m of commitments. The fund will allow SASC to continue providing loans to best in class social landlords. With a target size of £125m, the fund aims to help over 30 organisations purchase 1,000 properties, […]
A social investment journey – the team at CCP tells us what they have learnt since taking their first loan
Caring for Communities and People (CCP) took a £2.85m loan from SASC in 2020 to buy housing for vulnerable young people. This autumn they bought their final property using this investment. The team at CCP used this milestone as an opportunity to reflect on the impact that social investment has had and what they learnt […]
SASC makes third investment of £2m to Target Housing to support people at risk of homeless in Yorkshire and the Humber
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has made a third investment of £2m to Target Housing, a charity and social landlord working with vulnerable groups across Yorkshire and the Humber. Established in 1990, Target Housing provides accommodation and support to vulnerable and homeless people who have difficulties sustaining a tenancy. This includes people with complex needs, […]
Why alternatives to prison are needed for women. A blog by Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Chair of One Small Thing
Hope Street is a trailblazing new alternative to prison for women Lady Edwina Grosvenor is an inspirational philanthropist and tireless prison reformer and the founder and Chair of One Small Thing, a charity dedicated to redesigning the justice system for women and their children in a way that can be replicated and scaled up across […]
SASC invests £4.1m in Oasis Domestic Abuse to fund the purchase of properties to support people escaping domestic abuse
Oasis Domestic Abuse (Oasis), a Kent based charity that has been supporting domestic abuse victims for more than 25 years, has received a social investment loan of £4.1 million from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC). The loan from SASC’s Social and Sustainable Housing fund (SASH) will fund the purchase of 22 properties, providing 32 bed […]
SASC invests £2.7m in Welsh domestic abuse charity Thrive Women’s Aid
Thrive Women’s Aid, a charity that has supported women and their children affected by domestic abuse in Neath Port Talbot for 42 years, has received a social investment loan of £2.7 million from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) to modernise and transform its accommodation and support services. The loan from SASC’s Social and Sustainable Housing […]
SASC launches its 2021 Impact Report
September 28, 2022 by sascadmin
Filed under Publications