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Webinar Recording: Is repayable finance an option?

This webinar, organised by Lloyds, Homewards (The Royal Foundation) and Social and Sustainable Capital was held on Thursday 26th June 2025 and aimed to help attendees understand the investment options available to help them increase the supply of housing needed to cut homelessness. It also outlined the steps participants need to take to prepare for accessing such finance.

Agenda:

  • Introductions
  • The spectrum of capital
  • The Homewards and Lloyds partnership
  • An introduction to social investment (by Good finance and Big Issue Invest)
  • Case Study: The Own Merit investment journey
  • Q&A.

Homewards, launched by The Royal Foundation and Prince William, aims to make homelessness rare, brief and unrepeated. This five year, locally led, programme is working across six locations across the UK to support them to do just that. The partnership between Homewards and Lloyds aims to support the six locations and Liverpool with an initial £50 million of new lending to deliver more homes to tackle homelessness.

The partnership recognises that some organisations are at different places along the journey in considering or accessing repayable finance. Some may not yet be ready for this type of investment and would welcome a better understanding of repayable finance as part of their funding mix for growth.

Eastside People have been working with Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) to support Homewards and Lloyds in this initiative. Within our work as a leading social sector consultancy, we are highly successful investment readiness advisors, supporting organisations to win and grow through social investment.  Eastside People hosted this webinar.

“We are committed to helping charitable organisations of all sizes understand and access the most appropriate funding options and are therefore delighted to be hosting this webinar on behalf of Lloyds and Homewards.” Jo Simpson, Senior Fund Development Manager, Eastside People.

Watch the recording of the Social Investment Housing webinar:

Download the slides presented in the Social Investment Housing webinar:

Lloyds Homewards Repayable Finance webinar PPT cover slide with logos

 

 

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