Social Investment Scotland

General information

SIS offer third sector organisations business loans to enable job creation, community engagement and economic development all over Scotland.

SIS is one of the UK's largest Community Development Finance Institutions and the largest not for profit provider of business loans to the third sector in Scotland as well as being a social enterprise and registered charity.

A CDFI makes loans and other repayable investments to charities, community organisations and social enterprises that may find it difficult to access finance from other sources.

Our sole focus is to support growth in Scotland by connecting capital with communities. We invest in third sector organisations that have the capability to make sustainable social impacts and our loan funds have already helped hundreds of charities, community organisations and social enterprises across Scotland. Currently, SIS is supporting local job creation, community engagement and economic development in almost every city, town and region nationwide.

The Scottish Government, as well as other support bodies within the third sector were also actively involved in our conception. Since 2008, Social Investment Scotland has been the fund manager of the Scottish Investment Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government which is the largest fund of its kind in Scotland.