investment fund for socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations registered and operating in

The Arts & Culture Impact Fund is a £20 million impact investment fund for the UK's arts, culture and heritage social enterprises. The fund offers loans repayable until March 2032.The Arts & Culture Impact Fund sets out to achieve several objectives for the arts, cultural and heritage sectors:- Provide organisations with appropriate and bespoke repayable finance- Develop the financial resilience of borrowers- Support organisations to better monitor, evaluate and communicate their social impact- Attract additional investment into the sector to help organisations thrive- Promote the wider positive impact the arts, culture and heritage have on society and support more organisations to benefit individuals and communities through their work.

The Catalyst Fund offers loans to support ambitious social enterprises to start and scale their business through social investment by offering a patient, revenue-based repayment model.The Fund offers a flexible repayment model, this means that social enterprises make repayments as a proportion of their sales income; on good trading months you will pay back more, on months where trading revenue is lower, you will pay back less.Your organisation must aim to provide direct social benefits to individuals, communities and/or the environment.