The arts and health charity will scale its existing music engagement and recovery programme in secure mental health units and the wider community.
The production company is establishing 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.
We’re hitting the road this October to meet socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and South West.
The acclaimed producing theatre in Essex will use a loan to manage working capital as it renovates its building into a modern cultural hub.
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 acquired a new, larger-capacity building and scale up its incubator programme for BAME creative entrepreneurs.
Figurative’s philanthropy development 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.
The community interest company is adapting its Dialogue in the Dark immersive experience which employs blind and partially-sighted people.
Music Venue Properties used a £1m secured loan to launch a pioneering initiative bringing grassroots music venues into community ownership.
We hope the report will spark discussions about the potential role of impact investment in future models of cultural funding.
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We follow a framework to assess the social impact of organisations applying for impact investment from our funds. Find out more about our process here.
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As part of our anniversary celebrations, we've created an interactive map to shine a spotlight on the organisations we've supported across the cultural and creative sector - from community theatres transforming young lives to museums preserving our heritage