Month: November 2017

What Shakespeare says about capacity building
/ Blog, Capacity Building

What Shakespeare says about capacity building

When it comes to capacity building, a rose by any other name does not smell as sweet. Access -- the Foundation for Social Investment was set up in response to the perception that social investment was not meeting the needs of small to medium sized charities and social enterprises. How ...
Safe as houses
/ Blog, Diversity, Skill development

Safe as houses

Richinda Taylor, CEO at EVA Women’s Aid and Rape Crisis, describes how she used social investment to support a project for women aged 45+ There is a scene in the popular comedy series ‘Father Ted’ where the hapless  Father Dougal is on an aeroplane staring for some time at a big ...