Adventure Capital Fund

Open to applications
Awarding department: Cabinet Office
Maximum grant value: Discretionary

Description: The Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) is a unique partnership between three government departments, several Regional Development Agencies and leading players in the field of social and economic regeneration, all of whom are dedicated to the development of long term sustainability of community-based enterprises in areas where traditional market forces fail to apply.

The aim is to fill the investment gap that faces community enterprise organisations, and to increase investment-readiness of community organisations wishing to move to greater sustainability through enterprise.

The Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) was launched in December 2002. It was set up to make new forms of investment in community organisations. We aim to strengthen local communities by investing in organisations that work in and for those communities. By helping organisations to become stronger and more self–sufficient through enterprise, we aim to help them become sustainable in the long term and better able to control their own destinies by becoming less reliant upon short–term grants.

For support contact Rise www.rise-sw.co.uk/index.php

www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk