Help more people, businesses and social enterprises get access to responsible...
Tens of thousands of businesses, social enterprises and people thrive every year thanks to community development finance. But many more are still excluded from affordable options. It’s time to grow...
View ArticleThe Financial Times: Crackdown on high-cost credit leaves gap that must be...
Writing in today’s (25 May 2021) Financial Times, business columnist Helen Thomas stresses the need for the UK to give more attention and investment to expanding alternatives to high-cost credit that...
View ArticleAlpkit – sustainable growth, business for good and responsible finance
Can business be a force for good? Definitely, according David Hanney, CEO of Alpkit, a business and certified B Corp which designs and sources outdoor clothing, camping equipment, bikes and other gear....
View ArticleProvident Financial directs former customers to responsible finance members...
Provident Financial, which has closed its doorstep lending arm, has written to former customers to direct them to our members (community development finance institutions) and to credit unions. Our...
View ArticleHow to fix broken markets and stimulate social investment with Danny Kruger MP
How can Government stimulate a boom in the social economy? What's the vital role that social enterprise play in fixing broken markets from within? How can we unlock more investment for the UK's CDFIs?...
View ArticleInquiry finds business funding gap needs local finance to make levelling-up...
Close £22bn business funding gap to make levelling-up reality, say MPs A multi-billion pound funding gap for small businesses is preventing the UK from “levelling-up,” according to an in-depth,...
View ArticleEmpowering businesses to unlock transformation: 47 days to COP26
The planetary emergency needs sure footed action over the next decade after years of negative human influence. Despite the ongoing challenges of Covid-19, over half of the UK’s small and medium sized...
View ArticleVictoria Gosling OBE and Tim Rooney join Responsible Finance board
Responsible Finance is delighted to welcome Victoria Gosling OBE and Tim Rooney to the Board of Directors. Victoria is Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director for Auden, a socially-responsible...
View ArticleScam alert: we do NOT offer loans and never request bank details
We’ve been made award of fraudulent scam emails from people impersonating Responsible Finance. Some of the messages tell recipients a loan has been approved, and request their bank account details....
View ArticleLevel up now by boosting black-led, female-led and regional businesses – MPs...
Government urged to “fix business funding chasm to level-up now” Reducing the barriers to finance for over 200,000 viable small businesses, especially those led by Black and Minority Ethnic...
View ArticleThe ‘levelling-up’ lever
According to Michael Gove levelling-up means boosting local leadership, raising living standards, improving public services and giving people necessary resources. The Communities Secretary said last...
View ArticleChancellor will stifle 200,000 businesses if cross-party proposal ignored
20 October 2021 Kevin Hollinrake MP, co-chair of the cross-party APPG on fair business banking, has written to the Chancellor calling for the scaling up of CDFIs (community development finance...
View ArticleHelp more social housing tenants to avoid high-cost credit
Drawing on insights from professionals and tenants, a new report written by Fair4All Finance and Campbell Tickell presents the case for increased shared working between housing associations and...
View ArticleMPs in SME finance debate call for capital to community development financial...
11 November 2021 – In this week’s Westminster Hall “SMEs: Access to Finance” debate, Peter Gibson MP, Vice-Chair of the APPG on Fair Business Banking, said: “We must deliver a strong local finance...
View ArticleThe Financial Times: Subprime lending and the fight against loan sharks
This FT coverage is a powerful demonstration of the importance of Community Development Finance Institutions in one of the world’s most respected newspapers. Continue reading
View ArticlePurple Shoots seeks South Yorkshire’s hidden entrepreneurs
Responsible Finance member Purple Shoots is looking for “hidden entrepreneurs” in South Yorkshire as it expands after helping hundreds of people start small businesses in Wales. The not-for-profit...
View ArticleResponsible Finance responds to the Adebowale Commission on Social...
Our member Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) are social enterprises. This means they are familiar with the type of slow, organic growth described in the Adebowale Commission on Social...
View ArticleThe i newspaper: people need alternative to loan sharks
The article highlights community development finance institutions and the need to scale up affordable credit. Continue reading
View ArticleRegulator must be required to promote financial inclusion
Financial services regulators must take responsibility to address financial exclusion and should be required to promote financial inclusion, according to Responsible Finance and 36 other civil society...
View ArticleSalad and Fair4All Finance finalists in Digital Leaders Impact Awards
We’re happy to see Salad Money and Fair4All Finance recognised for their work building financial inclusion and resilience. Both have been named finalists in the Financial Inclusion category of the 2022...
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