Making Investment Racially Equitable
Black and Brown-led organisations in the arts, social enterprise and commercial industries deserve a fairer proportion of funding. Our work aims to make this happen.
This is how we do it:
What We Do
We devise, design and deliver projects and carry out research to address market failures in grant funding, impact capital and venture capital.
These activities include:
Research
Research causes of racial disparities in funding and organisational growth – and share solutions for change.
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Capacity Build
Run Capacity Building Programmes tailored for Black and Brown-led organisations.
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Kevin Osborne
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR
Kevin Osborne is a social entrepreneur, who has spent the last 30 years as a leader, producer and developer in the arts and creative industries supporting BAME talent. His latest project is Create Equity, whose social mission is to make investment in the arts, social enterprise and commercial industries racially equitable.
Advisors
Sam Barcroft
Founder, Barcroft TV
Sir Peter Bazalgette
Former Chairman, ACE
Althea Efunshile
NED, Channel 4 & Former Deputy CEO, ACE
Fleur Emery
Founder, REALWORK
Siddharth Gupta
Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group – Corporate Banking
Lady Sue Hollick
Former Chair, ACE & Philanthropist
Tom Ilube
CEO, Crossword Cybersecurity & NED, BBC and WPP plc
Gen Maitland-Hudson
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Social Investment Business
Babatunde Soyoye
Managing Partner, Helios Investment Partners
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