Two North East England-based charities have experienced what they describe as “remarkable growth” when they received backing from a social investor after facing barriers from traditional lenders.
The social investor, Key Fund, provided funding to two charities serving marginalised groups: Veterans at Ease – which provides therapy for serving personnel, veterans and their families – and Africawad, which collects and recycles clothes to export to West Africa to fund schoolgirls’ education. Read more on how this alternative funding helped.