Supporting social entrepreneurs and social investors to deliver innovative solutions to society’s most difficult challenges
At Seebohm Hill we want to design and build a very different economy…
An economy which has the wellbeing of individuals and communities at its centre. Where trading for social purpose is the norm. Where finance works for the benefit of the economy, not the other way around. Where delivery of social value is the key driver which leads to improved quality of life for individuals and a more just, inclusive, and equitable society. Where a healthy social economy is an essential ingredient in the delivery of any economic strategy.
Who we work with
How we work
We seek to build and develop successful long-term partnerships between the social investors and social purpose businesses that we work with.
We will only achieve this if we can foster high quality matches that are based on meeting the specific funding needs of each social purpose business with the most appropriate forms of capital for them and by delivering the social and financial returns expected by investors.
We are committed to experimenting with new ideas, undertaking evidence-based research, and learning from our mistakes.
Social Purpose Businesses
Community-based, innovative social enterprises who, when provided with appropriate funding and support, have the capability to develop sustainable business models to meet social need, as well as deliver both social and financial returns to investors.
Social Investors
Funders who are willing and able to provide appropriate capital at the right time with the objective of seeding, developing, and growing sustainable social purpose businesses that can solve difficult social problems in innovative and affordable ways.
Local Business Community
Engaging with local businesses, providers of professional services and support networks to provide social purpose businesses with all the skills, knowledge, and capabilities they need to become sustainable organisations.
“It is not philanthropy on the one hand, or cute hard-headedness on the other, that will bring peace. It will only come when Labour is convinced that employers generally recognise the human aspect of industry, and are anxious, not only to give the workers ' a square deal,' but to promote their individual welfare.”
– Seebohm Rowntree, The Human Factor in Business