Press Coverage

(Links or pdfs below. For coverage not available electronically, please contact CAN Communications on 020 7922 7759 for hard copies)

2007

2 July 2008 - Third Sector Magazine : Little at Large

12 May 2008 - Third Sector Magazine : CAN's Blakebrough to concentrate on Breakthrough

6th May 2008 - Speech at the ‘Good Deals' Social Investment Conference - A speech by Phil Hope MP, Minister for the Third Sector

May 2008 - Social Enterprise Magazine - Review : Compare and Contrast Office Space

9th April 2008 - Third Sector Magazine : Funders are risk-averse, says social entrepreneurs

28th March 2008 - Social Enterprise Magazine : Tories' Maude: 'No massive ideological difference between us and Labour'

12 March 2008 - Third Sector Magazine : Online directory for social enterprises

11 March 2008 - Ethical Junction : CAN Launches free social enterprise directory

23 January 2008 - Third Sector Magazine : Office-space charity plans fourth site

23 January 2008 - Social Enterprise Magazine : Mezzanine Community reaches 100

19 January 2008 - Fundraising.co.uk : 100th Organisation uses office space at CAN Mezzanine

19 December 2007 - The Policy Exchange report on City philanthropy Give and let give Building a culture of philanthropy in the financial services industry (CAN mentioned in Forward by Damon Buffini) (pdf)

December 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine : Outside the box - Conspicious consumption can be good for social enterprise - so make the most of the festive season, says CAN's Adele Blakebrough (pdf)

12 December 2007 - Third Sector Magazine : Breakthrough appoints new manager

10 December 2007 - Financial News : Bridge turns socal investment into an asset class

28 November 2007 - Third Sector Magazine : CAN offices 'save the sector millions'

15th November 2007 - Real Deals : An unfamiliar challenge

14th November 2007 - Third Sector Magazine : Social Enterprise Day

November 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine : "Outside the Box - Reach for the stars and you stand a greater chance of lifting yourself up than if you lower your expectations, says CAN's Adele Blakebrough (pdf)

November 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine : CAN and Permira start Breakthrough II (pdf)

2nd November 2007 - Third Sector Magazine : "Breakthrough programme raises stock of social enterprise"

1st November 2007 - The Daily Telegraph (Business) : "Database Finance"

31st October 2007 - Private Equity Online : "Permira doubles investment in charity fund"

October 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - It's a funny old game, social enterprise, says CAN's Adele Blakebrough (pdf)

August 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - What responsibility does the anguished ethical consumer owe to the environment, says CAN's Adele Blakebrough (pdf)

25th July 2007 - Third Sector "New consultation on enterprise needs" Page 9

24th July 2007 - Daily Telegraph : Business News "Permira pledges €1m cash for social enterprise"

14th July 2007 - Finacial Times (London), "Permira tackles legal advice 'deserts' with Pounds 500,000"

5th July 2007 - Charity Finance "All roads lead to London; is it wise for so many charities to be based in London"

3rd July 2007 - Charity Finance "Charities must keep alert to risks of community asset transfer"

July 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine - "Outside the Box - "London's cafe society has helped highlight the differences between businesses with social aims and and social enterprises, says CAN's Adele Blakebrough (pdf)

11th June 2007 - Third Sector Magazine "Chief exec of Community Action Network awarded Business in the Community Award"

June 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - "‘And what is it you do?’ If people still don’t know what ‘social enterprise’ means, then we need a better way to explain it, says CAN’s Adele Blakebrough" (pdf)

31 May 2007 - Charity Finance "Ball starts to roll for community asset transfer"

May 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - Despite a springtime flurry of activity, the rural pace of life isn’t a model we should adopt for social enterprise, says CAN’s Adele Blakebrough" (pdf)

April 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - Private equity has a poor reputation, but it’s worth looking at the good some firms and staff do before criticising too broadly, says Adele Blakebrough" (pdf)

21st March 2007 - Financial Times : Leaders and Letters, "Private equity funds help to bolster social enterprises" Letter from Adele Blakebrough, re Private Equity Investment, Page 16

March 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - ‘What do I get?’ isn’t the ethos of the social entrepreneur – and simply making money no longer satisfies corporates either, says Adele Blakebrough" (pdf)

March 2007 - Charity Finance : Feature, "A CAN do approach: Gareth Jones quizzes Andrew Croft about CAN's mezzanine model"

March 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "From Pear Shaped to Peachy" pdf

February 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "When a skiing holiday loomed, Adele Blakebrough’s normally chirpy mood went downhill fast – until an object lesson in medical provision came to her aid" (pdf)

January 2007 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - Access to finance can be a mixed blessing, enabling ambitious plans to be implemented but sometimes bringing a legacy of debt, warns Adele Blakebrough" (pdf)

2006

November 2006 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - Will the London Olympics create opportunities for social enterprises and local communities, or just more chances to be ignored, asks Adele Blakebrough" (pdf)

4th October 2006 - Third Sector Magazine "Finance: More office space in London for voluntary sector organisations"

October 2006 - Social Enterprise Magazine "Outside the Box - Adele Blakebrough reveals the lessons about leadership that can be learned from the life of a much-loved London priest" (pdf)

6th August 2006 - The Independent on Sunday :  The Sunday Review 50 great ideas for the 21st Century "No.10 Venture Philanthropy. Adele Blakebrough MBE co-founder of Community Action Network, whcih helps social entrepreneurs" Page 15

2nd August 2006 - Third Sector Magazine "Finance provider will help social enterprises boost their impact" Page 9

August 2006 - Social Enterprise "CAN makes Breathrough with Permira" Page 4

19 July 2006 - The Guardian : Guardian Society "Leading Quesions, Adele Blakebrough, chief executive, Community Action Network (CAN)"

28th June 2006 - Third Sector Magazine "Social enterprise development hit by lack of affordable offices" Page 9

Research reports

June 2006 - Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship - Oxford Said Business School. "Venture Philanthropy: The Evolution of High Engagement Philanthropy in Europe" pdf