"Being a social enterprise itself, Big Issue Invest immediately recognised what we were striving to do in the long term. Without its £250,000 investment, our project would have stalled half-way through."
Alistair Gould, Pines Calyx
"Being a social enterprise itself, Big Issue Invest immediately recognised what we were striving to do in the long term. Without its £250,000 investment, our project would have stalled half-way through."
Alistair Gould, Pines Calyx
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Barnardo's Barnardo's is a leading children's charity, which is developing social enterprises that employ people from their homes and help create unrestricted income. Big Issue Invest's experience as social entrepreneurs and financiers was the basis of a partnership with Barnardo's - assisting a traditional charity to enter the sector and develop new social enterprises. |
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Belu Belu bottled water has the first biodegradable bottles in the UK. The company donates all its profits to fund clean water projects in the UK and around the world. Belu's high-quality product is found in major supermarkets across the UK. |
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Fifteen Restaurant Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Restaurant is a social enterprise that trains disadvantaged young people in hospitality and catering. Big Issue Invest has helped to fund new ventures undertaken by graduate chefs that are based on the original concept of creating employment and training opportunities for young people. |
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Hackney Community Transport (HCT) Hackney Community Transport is an award-winning Community Interest Company and rapidly growing provider of public transport and related training services in the UK. Big Issue Invest made a loan to support the expansion of 15 school bus routes in Yorkshire. CT Plus, a subsidiary of HCT, carries over 700 students to school each day. |
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One Earth One Earth is a not-for-profit agency set up to engage the global public in socially- and environmentally-responsible trade and living. People can switch to renewable energy by logging on to their website www.climatechangenow.com |
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Pines Calyx Pines Calyx is a state-of-the-art sustainable environmental conference centre near Dover. Situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the centre works in harmony with nature and is built from recycled building materials using groundbreaking environmental architecture design and techniques. The centre offers modern and versatile spaces for a wide range of events from conferencing and learning to dining and celebration. |
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PONTIN CHARITABLE TRUST |
Pontin Charitable Trust A loan from Big Issue Invest provided working capital for the Trust to lend to social enterprises in the South West that focus on renewable energy. |
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RMS Locotec RMS Locotec is a community transport company that hires out shunting locomotives and offers track maintenance and engineering work. Big Issue Invest has helped RMS to scale up two rail transport lines by making a loan that helped develop its infrastructure by purchasing shunting engines. RMS Locotec is a subsidiary of Ealing Community Transport (ECT), a social enterprise providing a range of community and public transport, recycling and engineering services for local authorities, public and private sector bodies, charities and individuals. |
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SCA HEALTHCARE |
SCA Healthcare SCA Healthcare was established by leading care provider SCA Community Care to meet the need for better dental healthcare provision. SCA Community Care holds 45 NHS contracts for the delivery of domiciliary care, day care and transport services for older people and people with disabilities. Big Issue Invest has financed two of a chain of five SCA Healthcare Dental Surgeries serving disadvantaged inner city communities on the south coast. SCA is planning to roll out this model across the south of England. |
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Thorpete Gas Services Ltd Thorpete provides gas and electrical installation and maintenance services to public and private sector customers, but primarily to housing associations in the East Midlands. The business is run as a social enterprise providing job and training opportunities for long-term unemployed local people. Big Issue Invest financed the upgrade of Thorpete's customer service I.T. system to increase the number and quality of its customer maintenance calls. |
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Venture Partnership Foundation The Venture Partnership Foundation is a philanthropic fund management group and the UK's first registered grant-making charity mutually-owned by its supporters. Big Issue Invest has helped the Venture Foundation Partnership to finance grant and loan packages for growing social enterprises and entrepreneurial charities. |
