The organisation will grow the team, explore commercialising their IP to build different revenue streams and take advantage of new opportunities.
We are committed to being an equitable and inclusive social investor for the cultural and creative sector.
A practical webinar exploring organisational collaboration models from informal alliances to full mergers. Presentation, discussion and Q&A with representatives Eastside People, Diverse City and Apples and Snakes.
Browse answers to common questions about our investment, innovation and impact programmes.
On Thursday 5 September 2024, Figurative launched as an independent organisation with a special event at Village Underground in London.
Figurative is looking for organisations to participate in its pilot innovative Impact Health Check initiative. The new service is designed to empower cultural organisations to take full ownership of how they measure, articulate and demonstrate their social impact. Register your interest through this form.
The event brought together over 80 delegates from around the country to discuss the potential of place-based philanthropy.
A live-recorded interactive podcast featuring Angela Dixon, CEO of Saffron Hall in conversation with Seva Phillips, Chief Innovation Officer of Arts and Culture Finance.
A live-recorded interactive podcast featuring Craig Pennington, Founder of Future Yard in conversation with Seva Phillips, Chief Innovation Officer of Arts and Culture Finance.
A live-recorded interactive podcast featuring Lisa Alberti, Founder of Pinc College in conversation with Seva Phillips, Chief Innovation Office of Arts and Culture Finance.
A live-recorded interactive podcast featuring Nichole Herbert Wood, of Second Floor Studios, in conversation with Seva Phillips, Chief Innovation Officer of Arts and Culture Finance.
Figurative's Chief Investment Officer, Rachel Green, takes a deep-dive into financial resilience and the experience of the Arts Impact Fund during the Covid-19 pandemic.
An interim report asking: To what extent does the experience of the Arts Impact Fund support its objective of improving the financial resilience of arts & culture organisations?
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.
In a rising interest rate environment, the Arts & Culture Impact Fund can offer loans more cheaply than many other lenders and support investees in other ways.
Figurative is delighted to announce that its CEO, Fran Sanderson, has won Social Investment Champion of the Year at the prestigious WISE100 Awards in Glasgow.
Last year, we asked people to share some of the best ideas their organisations had struggled to find funding for. Here's what we learned.
The Bradford-based arts organisation used investment to launch a pioneering residential arts training programme.
The socially-driven music enterprise used a loan to purchase a building which will serve as a community music venue and skills hub.