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SASC Launches a Renewables IC
SASC launches a Renewables Investment Committee to target more investments in community renewable projects in 2021 17 December 2020 – Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) are establishing a dedicated renewables investment committee, in recognition of the growing importance of community renewables in their portfolio and to expand their work in this area. Joining the new […]
SASC invests in The Big Life Company in Liverpool
Social and Sustainable Capital invests £950K in The Big Life Company to purchase homes in Liverpool to support vulnerable adults Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has invested £950K from its Community Investment Fund into social enterprise, The Big Life Company to enable them to buy 15 homes to support the expansion of their housing services […]
SASC invests in Making Space, the national mental health charity
SASC invests £5 million to help national mental health charity Making Space expand its housing services Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has made a £5 million investment from its Social and Sustainable Housing Fund (SASH) in Making Space, a UK charity headquartered in Warrington that provides health and social care services. The charity works with […]
Why Every Close Matters
Today we are delighted to announce that we have completed the second round of funding for our award-winning Social and Sustainable Housing fund (SASH). The Fund now stands at £58m, and remains the only Fund set up to put ownership of social housing in the hands of front-line charities working to solve the homeless crisis. […]
SASH fund doubles with new close
Social and Sustainable Housing fund closes latest round of fundraising at almost £60 million Social and Sustainable Housing (SASH), a fund managed by Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), has completed its latest round of fundraising with the fund now standing at £58 million, the only fund set up to put ownership of social housing in […]
IPPR & SASC Report Launch Event
Roundtable Event: The Future of Transitional Supported Housing To mark the launch of ‘At a Crossroads: The Future of Transitional Supported Housing’, IPPR North and SASC held an online roundtable event. Invited speakers included Josh Goodman, Director of Social Housing, MHCLG; Imogen Blood, Housing Consult and Researcher; and Lisa Hilder, Treasurer, Hull Women’s Network. The […]
5 Things We Learnt From The IPPR North Report
SASC commissioned IPPR to write a report that would help us learn more about an area of supported housing in which we have become very active. The first benefit of their work was to give this important sub sector a name – Transitional Supported Housing. We wanted an independent, external organisation to show us the […]
Transitional Supported Housing – a report by IPPR commissioned by SASC
October 14, 2020 by sascadmin
Filed under Publications
Spotlight on Valley House – helping young parents and people escaping domestic abuse
October 12, 2020 by Gilly Orr
Filed under Impact Case Studies, Blogs
Established in 1977, Valley House is a Coventry-based housing charity which has grown from being a single house to an entire organisation offering a range of accommodation and community-based services for vulnerable people in and around Coventry. The charity provides supported accommodation for young parents aged 16 to 24 years old and individuals and families […]
How social investment has enabled Active Prospects to expand its services into West Sussex
This is a guest blog by Maria Mills, CEO of Active Prospects and one of the borrower charities in our Social and Sustainable Housing fund. Active Prospects is a leading not-for-profit care provider in the South East supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, acquired brain injury and other complex needs. Established in […]
Hull Women’s Network CEO Lisa Hilder reflects on meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
September 23, 2020 by sascadmin
Filed under Housing with support, Blogs
In this blog, Lisa Hilder, Trustee of Hull Women’s Network (a SASC borrower), reflects on the impact of Covid 19 on domestic violence services. In the first quarter of this year, life was ‘normal’. Do you remember? We had problems and we had plans about how to fix them. At Hull Women’s Network that meant […]
