SASC launches its 2020 Impact Report
February 11, 2021 by sascadmin
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SASC appoints Bernice Affat as Chief Portfolio Management Officer
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 Appoints Two Housing Experts to the Board
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) expands board of directors adding two housing experts Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), an award-winning UK fund manager and social enterprise, has appointed two new housing experts as board members – Terrie Alafat CBE, the former chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Caroline Pillay, a senior […]
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
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SASC and our renewables future
Have you watched David Attenborough’s ‘Extinction: The Facts’? If you haven’t, then you must. It is a program so brutally honest about the impact our consumerist lifestyle is having on the natural world. Unlike in his many other, amazing, natural history shows, in this one the animals, landscapes and climate are being destroyed forever by […]
SASC acquires Leapfrog Bridge Finance to expand community energy investment activity
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) and Pure Leapfrog are delighted to announce the sale of Leapfrog Bridge Finance (LBF), the finance arm of low carbon innovator, Pure Leapfrog. SASC has financed several UK community energy projects in recent years and this acquisition will enable it to build on its work in this important sector. SASC […]
Zamo Capital Investment – press release
Zamo Capital I LP (“Zamo”), Europe’s only specialist investor in impact investment firms, today announces its first investment since it launched in November 2019 in Social and Sustainable Capital (“SASC”), a specialist investment manager focused on social housing. Zamo’s investment comes at a time when the social housing sector is showing marked resilience in comparison […]
