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Our £16m Arts & Culture Impact Fund provides affordable repayable finance for socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations registered and operating in the UK.
Case Studies
Explore our portfolio to learn how our investments, philanthropy guidance, innovation programmes and other initiatives support cultural and creative organisations of all types.
Advisory Case Studies
Discover the inspiring national and international cultural initiatives supported by our team.
Figurative CEO Fran Sanderson was invited to Taipei to speak about the development and impact of cultural and creative industries.
Figurative was invited to Japan to share insights into how impact investing can help develop a more self-sustaining cultural and creative sector.
In February 2024, Figurative’s Fran Sanderson presented to a Financing Media Freedom conference in Brussels on blended finance models and their applicability to mixed model economies.
Figurative is working with Australia’s arts council to examine the feasibility of a pilot impact investment fund for the Australian cultural sector.
Impact Investment Case Studies
Find out how our social investment funds have supported cultural and creative organisations across the UK.
Watch our short film to hear directly from cultural and creative organisations including Music Venue Properties, Little Angel Theatre, and Creative Land Trust about their experience working with us.
Birmingham Rep used a £500,000 loan – its second from Figurative – to remake its production of The Snowman and take it back out on tour nationally and internationally.
The performing arts organisation used a loan to strengthen its infrastructure, expand its award-winning network of children’s drama schools and widen access to their programmes.
The UK’s only museum dedicated to food is using a loan to support the creation of an outdoor play area inspired by food, farming and nature, to better serve their visitors and improve their financial resilience.
Philanthropy Development Case Studies
Learn about how our philanthropy programmes and networks attract new supporters to the cultural and creative sector.
The second Arts for Impact match-funding campaign supporting UK arts and culture charities that deliver social impact, led by the Figurative Philanthropy team in partnership with Big Give
Figurative’s philanthropy development team partnered with the Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership to help revitalise the city’s creative sector and increase local philanthropic support.
Figurative’s philanthropy development team partnered with Big Give to create Arts for Impact – a one-week online match funding campaign supporting UK arts and culture charities that deliver social impact.
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