key fund

 Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2012 edition of the Key Fund newsletter 

 We were delighted with our performance in 2011, with over £4m of deals agreed.This takes our social enterprise investment total to almost £15m. We would like to go even further in 2012, with an ambition to top £5m in the year.  With this in mind we are very keen to talk to people who have an ambition to develop or grow their social enterprise: we have the cash waiting to invest, so if this sounds like you, please don’t hesitate to give us a call!

Good luck in your endeavours in 2012.

Matt Smith - Fund Manager

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Social enterprises in Yorkshire and Humber

With the continuing support of ERDF, we have almost £3m to invest in social enterprises in Yorkshire and Humber in 2012, including the popular mixed grant and loan product, available to organisations under three years old.   With current turnaround times of less than three weeks (from application to payment), why delay making your application.

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Business, Babies and Bees benefit from new Eco-Community Centre in Bradford

Regeneration projects are rarely as innovative as the Inspire Bradford Business Park.  After a successful bid for funding to replace premises which had previously been deemed unfit for purpose, Newlands Community Centre is complete.

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Eyes Open helps reveal a hidden crime

“Internal Trafficking” a crime hidden among many communities all over the UK is the impetus and motivation for Eyes Open Creative, a company developing educational resources to raise awareness about young girls who are “groomed” for sex by exploitative young men.

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Making Waves for the Future

Chapeltown Baths is a hub of the local community which has grown into a real success story. Threatened with closure in 1995, a community-led bid was developed by residents and users to take over the facility to develop it into the vibrant centre it is today.

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Events....

20th January 2012

Co-operatives Yorkshire and Humber AGM - Selby

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5th March 2012

NVCO Conference - London

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