Can Breakthrough to invest in Speaking Up

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 31 July 2008

The Can Breakthrough social investment fund has announced its sixth investment - £175,000 in disability advocacy service Speaking Up.

Breakthrough , which is run by social enterprise Can with private equity firms SVG and Permira, provides capital funds and high-level business management for scaleable social enterprises. Craig Dearden-Philips, chief executive of Speaking Up , said his organisation would use the investment to build capacity to provide more one-to-one advocacy...

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