Attracting Investment

Abundance helps local authorities and other public sector organisations to finance infrastructure projects through citizen and stakeholder investment. Abundance has been exploring new ways to achieve this through crowdfunding. To this end, it has now launched a fund to help local authorities set up pilot Community Municipal Bonds.

The Bonds are used to raise finance for green and low carbon infrastructure projects. They are designed to provide an efficient, scalable and cost-effective alternative to conventional funding sources. The Bonds are also intended to bring the benefits of real engagement from citizens and more sustainable and thriving local economies.

Six grants of up to £25,000 are available to support local authorities who want to fund local public infrastructure through this new approach. The funds are provided via Horizon 2020, a European funding programme for research and innovation.

Allia C&C helps charities and social enterprises raise loan finance, by connecting with investors through listed and unlisted bonds. The company supports a range of organisations whose core purpose is to transform lives, communities and the environment. With extensive expertise across different sectors, particularly housing, care and education, Allia C&C helps to ensure the optimal funding solution is achieved to deliver more impact.

Allia C&C has strong connections with ethical investors from across the market, including high street banks, retail investors, pension funds and institutional investors, offering them access to, and expertise in, socially responsible investments. This means that Allia C&C is able to align high social impact businesses with investors who seek both a financial return and to see their money do good in society.

Pure Leapfrog assists local authorities and community projects in financing their net zero transition plans. It helps project developers arrange debt finance, can assist with green and sustainable bond frameworks, and community share raises. It contributes to the Financing a Just Transition Alliance and the Place-based Impact Investing Forum.

SDCL works with the healthcare sector with a focus on energy efficiency, on-site generation and clean energy projects that reduce costs and risks for the end user, to deliver cleaner, smarter and more resilient energy solutions. Its solutions require no up-front capital outlay for the end user and result in lower operating costs. It arranges and finances turnkey solutions with assured outcomes.

UKIB is the new, government-owned policy bank, which is providing £22bn of infrastructure finance and partnering with the private sector and local government to finance a green industrial revolution and drive growth across the country.

Local authority lending: UKIB offer financing to local and mayoral authorities across the UK, for high-value and complex economic infrastructure projects.

Private sector financing: UKIB provides a range of financing tools across the capital structure, including loans, credit enhancement and equity investments. Projects must meet UKIB principles.

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