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Funding boost enables Haining House to complete final stage of restoration works
South of Scotland
Investment
Tailored to fit your needs.
Social investment is money designed to help you take impactful actions and achieve meaningful outcomes. You could use it to achieve your growth ambitions, ease cash flow along the way or buy assets and vital equipment.
For Social Enterprises
We create tailored funding packages to suit individual customers, accessing finance from a range of active funds.
Fund
SIS Community Finance
Our tailored loans range from £25,001 to £375,000, with the flexibility to consider smaller amounts based on specific requirements.
Loans
SIS Bridging Loans
SIS bridging loans are short-term loans that provides quick access to funds for social enterprises and charities that need to cover a short-term cash shortfall.
Fund
Scottish Social Growth Fund
A £13 million partnership between the Scottish Government, Better Society Capital, and The University of Edinburgh, providing loans from £100,000 to £1 million.
Fund
Growth Guarantee Scheme
The Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) is designed to support access to finance for UK small businesses as they look to invest and grow. Growth Guarantee Scheme-backed facilities are provided at the discretion of Social Investment Scotland.
Access to finance
For Community Development Finance Initiatives (CDFIs)
SIS acts as a fund manager, mobilising and deploying funds into other responsible finance providers who, in turn, offer finance to enterprises and individuals who are unable to secure them from mainstream financial lenders.
Investment Readiness Tool
Investment Readiness Tool
Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your organisation is an essential step towards accessing social investment. Find out if your organisation is ready.
FAQs Guide to Social Investment
Answering your most common questions about working with SIS.
SIS Ventures
For Impact-Led Business
SIS Ventures is part of the SIS group and is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. As an impact investor, we expect care for people and the planet to be part of investee businesses’ DNA. We work with founders and management teams committed to bringing positive change for the people and places it interacts with.
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Community-led distillery secures £140K funding boost ahead of opening
Investment • Highlands and Islands
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SIS accredited as a lender under the Growth Guarantee Scheme
Investment • Support