Denise leads JRF’s £20 million Social Investment programme. Prior to joining JRF in 2020, Denise served as Interim Portfolio Director at Big Society Capital. In her previous social investment roles at Numbers for Good and the Breakthrough venture philanthropy fund, she supported social enterprises across the UK in sectors including health, employment and homelessness with funding, as well as business and financial advice. Before moving into the social investment sector, Denise completed her MBA degree and CFA charter and worked for nearly 15 years as a financial institutions specialist at the World Bank and Merrill Lynch.
Email: denise.holle@jrf.org.uk
For our next decade of social investment we’re building on lessons of experience and inviting social enterprises, policymakers, wealth holders and others to join us in shaping the next chapter.
Exploring how our capabilities and funding could speed up the transition to a more just care system, with workers at its heart.
Social investment helped Resonance to build on the success of the National Homelessness Property Fund 1 and its pilot programme, to provide an effective solution to homelessness.
Pathway Fund uses social investment to support their work giving Black and Ethnically Minoritised-led organisations better access to finance so they can make greater social impact.
Social investment enabled Lightning Reach to help more people access benefits and discretionary support schemes.
Social investment helped Fair for You give low-income households affordable credit for white goods, furniture and other essentials.
People in poverty or on low incomes pay more for the same goods and services than people who are better off financially; the Fair By Design fund aims to address this.
Social investment is helping BelleVie's model of home care services empower more care workers to provide outstanding support across the UK.
The escalating cost of living crisis led us to consider what more we can do to help alleviate the immediate need. One action that stands out is promoting the real Living Wage among our investees and the wider social enterprise and impact investment sector.