"We want to create a way of working as a whole community, agencies and us together, that creates hope and optimism"
Georgie Thompson, Ruapotaka Marae, Tamaki

Free social lending resource - Social Lending: A (free) Tool for Grantmakers, an Opportunity for Communities

Laura Benedict is Vice President, Commercial Lending at Self-Help in Durham, North Carolina - the largest social lender in the United States of America. During Laura's Ian Axford Fellowship exchange to New Zealand she researched and compiled this report. It discusses the opportunity social lending offers New Zealand's public and private grantmakers as well as social enterprises, non-profits, iwi, and low-income communities.

August 2010

Read more and download the report free from here.