Finance for Community Groups
The Mutual Aid Fund Scheme
The Mutual Aid Fund is a unique scheme which enables community organisations to develop loan funds for the purpose of on-lending to their members.
Mutual Aid Fund organisations represent a wide range of community interest groups such as migrant communities, women with mental health problems, survivors of domestic violence, widows and orphans, refugee professionals, commercial sex workers, and market traders.
Under the scheme, community organisations accumulate shares in London Rebuilding Society. London Rebuilding Society provides the organisation with comprehensive financial and enterprise development training and support. The organisation then borrows up to four times the value of their investment in order to establish a loan fund for its members.
The Mutual Aid Fund enables organisations to:
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Offer their members micro-loans
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Build the financial capability, asset base and credit history of their members
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Leverage further investment
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Develop their financial infrastructure and capability
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Accumulate a secure investment
Click here to find out more about how the scheme works