In June the Social Impact Investors Group held a learning session for Foundations at the Barrow Cadbury Trust in London, on the theme of Social Enterprises and the Law.

In the first podcast, Liz Minns from Social Enterprise UK talks through what a social enterprise is, landscape mapping, examples, what they do, how they are different from charities, how they are funded and what they use social investment for.

In this second podcast, David Allcock from Anthony Collins LLP, talks through how social investment fits with charity law, financial services regulation, social enterprise legal structures and understanding the pros and cons of each.

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Let's Talk Good Finance is a series of regional events across the UK offering charities and social enterprises the opportunity to learn about social investment as a tool to fund and scale-up their operations.

In this podcast, you'll hear from our guest speaker, Kayla Ente of Brighton & Hove Energy Services Cooperative, talk about their 'warts and all' journey to social investment. We also have Mark Parsons from NatWest Social and Community Capital talking about how social investment has worked in practice.

Discover a new way to fund your charity or social enterprise with Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) - a 30% tax break for individuals investing into an eligible charitable organisation.

In this podcast, we hear from Melanie Mills, Social Sector Engagement Director at Big Society Capital as she shares all you need to know on SITR - the what, why and how you could use it to benefit your organisation.

Discover more on SITR at www.bigsocietycapital.com/sitr.

Let's Talk Good Finance is a series of regional events across the UK offering charities and social enterprises the opportunity to learn about social investment as a tool to fund and scale-up their operations.

Hear from our guest speaker, Syrie Cox, Chief Executive of Southend YMCA as she shares their warts and all journey with social investment.

Let's Talk Good Finance is a series of regional events across the UK offering charities and social enterprises the opportunity to learn about social investment as a tool to fund and scale-up their operations.

Hear from Paul Robers, CEO of Aspire Oxford as he shares how the organisation is using social investment to create more work opportunities for people facing barriers to employment.

Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) is a 30% tax break for individuals who invest in a charity or social enterprise.

In this podcast, we hear from Neil Pearson, Partner at Mill & Reeves as he discusses all you need to know on SITR and the opportunities around it for investors and advisers.

Let's Talk Good Finance is a series of regional events across the UK offering charities and social enterprises the opportunity to learn about social investment as a tool to fund and scale-up their operations.

Today we're in Hertfordshire supported by Hertfordshire Community Solutions and Herts Sports Partnership. Hear from two investors on what charities and social enterprises should think about when considering social investment and approaching a social investor.

Let's Talk Good Finance is a series of regional events across the UK offering charities and social enterprises the opportunity to learn about social investment as a tool to fund and scale-up their operations.

Today we're in Hull supported by Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber (SEYH). Hear from our guest speaker, Steve Alltoft, General Manager of Probe, an organisation that works with local people and local businesses to help build prosperous, safe and attractive neighbourhoods. Steve shares how the organisation explored social investment in addition to grant funding.