The prison-based record label is using its loan to extend its services from behind bars to ongoing support upon release.
We are delighted to have launched as Figurative – a new, independent not-for-profit supporting impact, investment and innovation in the cultural and creative sector. Fran Sanderson, CEO, introduces the organisation.
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The leading African & Caribbean dance theatre company is using its loan to create a modern and well-resourced centre for degree students and the local community.
Key Changes is an arts and health charity that promotes positive mental health through music. The organisation will use its investment to scale its existing music engagement and recovery programme in secure mental health units and the wider community.
Establishment of a new post production facility in Sheffield, benefiting under-represented local creatives.
The mosaics studio will use its loan to create a venue for a new mosaic focused education programme.
Learn about Arts & Culture Finance's approach to impact assessment and how best to integrate monitoring and evaluation into your organisation, plus a Q&A with IRIE! dance theatre.
The loan will allow this acclaimed producing theatre in Essex to manage working capital as it renovates its 40 year old building into a cultural hub fit for the 21st century.
Metcalf Foundation approached Figurative's Fran Sanderson and Seva Phillips to explore the feasibility of bringing impact investment to the Canadian creative and cultural sector.
The creative hub used a loan to acquire a new, larger-capacity building and scale up its incubator programme for BAME creative entrepreneurs.
Figurative’s philanthropy team partnered with the Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership to help revitalise the city’s creative sector and increase local philanthropic support.
The organisation will use social investment to develop its online gift shop capacity and to expand its digital audience.
Muse Projects delivers an immersive, multi-sensory experience called Dialogue in the Dark with a goal to employ blind and partially sighted people and raise awareness of their experiences in the community. The CIDF loan will be used to evolve and adapt the experience.
We hope the report will spark discussions about the potential role of impact investment in future models of cultural funding.
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