Social Investment Business (SIB Group)

SIB Group offers funding and flexible finance to organisations with a social purpose to help them make a positive difference in the communities they support.

There are currently three programmes available:

Reach – grants between £5,000 and £15,000 for charities and social enterprises that need support to raise finance from approved social investors

Energy Resilience Fund – funding of £25,000 to £250,000 is available via a blend of grants (40%) and loans (60%) to help charities and social enterprises to reduce their carbon emissions and energy costs.

Flexible Finance – a blended loan and grant fund for Black and Racially Minoritised-led charities and social enterprises improving people’s lives or the environment they live in.

Community Builders Fund – loans of between £100,000 and £1.5m for charities and social enterprises improving people’s lives or the environment they live in

Please refer to the SIB Group website for more information about each programme including eligibility criteria and terms.

Focus of fund/fund aims:

Funding and finance for charities and social enterprises for community projects with a social purpose

Application deadline:

Apply at any time

Fund description:

https://www.sibgroup.org.uk/funding/