More Than Money
We provide flexible loans and grants to help enterprises start up, become sustainable, and grow; creating jobs, reinvigorating communities and offering social investment.
As a Social Enterprise ourselves, we understand the challenges you face and will support you, pre and post-investment, offering the right kind of money at the right time.
We offer investments from £5k up to £300k to community and social enterprises operating in the North of England and the Midlands.
Our Funders
Key Fund receives funding from a variety of partners who support the growth of social impact and enterprise.
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We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference, and we work tirelessly to empower individuals, organisations, and businesses.
The Changemakers: The Individuals Behind the Impact
Here Jane Austin, Operations Manager at the Key Fund explores how social investment transforms lives way beyond the numbers.
Read MoreKeeping Foundations Steady in a Cost-of-Living Crisis
From my own experience of poverty in childhood, I saw education offered a way out.
Read More30 years of working in the sector
I am convinced services must be locally informed, owned and delivered
Read MoreTime to Take Action to Keep the Lights On
One thing has remained the same since Key Fund began in 1999 – the belief that there is a major cost to doing nothing in the face of structural poverty.
Read More20 Years at Key Fund – CEO Matt Smith
When I first joined Key Fund on 10 June 2002, I never expected I’d be its CEO 20 years later.
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