Social Impact Investment & Social Lending Introduction
Stuart Sweeney
35 years: Risk management & social finance
In this video, Stuart provides an introduction to social investment and explains what social investment is, the difference between loans and grants and how charities sustain loans and credit.
In this video, Stuart provides an introduction to social investment and explains what social investment is, the difference between loans and grants and how charities sustain loans and credit.
Social Impact Investment & Social Lending Introduction
15 mins 29 secs
Social investment seeks to achieve a social and financial return. The financial return is measured using a conventional approach. Social impact is added to that financial return to allow an overall comparison with the risk incurred. Social investment is an attractive source of funding for social organisations that struggle to access finance from banks due to their lack of assets that can be secured. It comes with many standard and bespoke formats.
Key learning objectives:
Define some core social investment products
Understand the concept of social investment
Describe some of the different types of social lending
Identify some of the key challenges of lending to charities
Stuart Sweeney
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