Gilly Orr

Impact & External Affairs Director @SASCapital. Worried about social inequality. Quietly trying to fix it with like minded others.

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Great organisation with a fantastic CEO. Delighted we are helping you again @ClareNorton1

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

We’re pleased to announce that SASC has increased its investment in @PeterBedfordHA to enable this excellent org to purchase more properties for single people at risk of being homeless in Newham. https://t.co/YB68ksmfRi
#supportedhousing #London #socinv

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

good work @CCPChiefExec and @NotTheGarethEd!

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

Our borrower @CCPCharity recently purchased 16 properties they needed to house the vulnerable young people they support. It was their first social investment loan and, in this blog, they discuss what they have learnt along the way.

read=> https://t.co/hBzh7k37Cw

#socinv

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Delighted to see the hard work of colleagues, and the critical work of our borrowers across the UK, recognised in our impact report. As ever, happy to be working for a company that is quietly getting on with helping charities and community groups keep society going.
#socialimpact

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

We are proud to share our 2021 Impact Report ‘Social Investment for a Changing World’. SASC agreed just over £38m in 14 investments to organisations across the UK, bringing our investment to date to £145.6m.

Read here=> https://t.co/svvkADOQEK

#socialimpact #impactreport

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Very well deserved!

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

Congratulations @mariakmills, CEO of @Active_Prospect, for being recognised for your leadership skills by the #SE100 awards. We are delighted to support your work. Congrats too to co-winner @d_j_brewer. Great award for 20 years of important work. Well done from all at SASC

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Good luck team!

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

Excited to be at the Natwest #SE100 Social Business Awards 2022. Good luck to all the finalists and congratulations to all organisations in the Top 100 social enterprises list this year. Proud to be alongside you. Big thanks to @PioneersPost and @SocComCap

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

“I’ve gotten older,” he admitted. “I’ve aged from all this wisdom that I never wanted. It’s the wisdom tied to the number of people who have died”. This is an incredibly good article. There’s so much fighting and horror yet to come. It makes most of life feel irrelevant.

[TIME @TIME]

TIME's new cover: Over two weeks in April @shustry went inside Volodymyr Zelensky's compound for a look at how the Ukrainian President and his top advisers are experiencing the war https://t.co/9bmZXfvy8e

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Top women from top organisations. Proud to be helping them in my own small way.

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

What a list! We are very proud of our borrowers that appear in this list. We know that they are all women that make a big impact on their organisations.

Congratulations from everyone at SASC.

@susanaktemel, @GemmaBukel, @joSummers2 & LJ Winterburn @ValleyHouseCov

#WISE100

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

@GassideMatt @CCPCharity @P3Charity Brilliant to see two of our fantastic portfolio charities working together to make it a happy Christmas for their clients. Well done @CCPCharity @P3Charity. Keep up the good work @CCPChiefExec @marksimms3

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

Pleased to support our borrower CCP with the launch of their first Annual Impact Report for 2020-2021. Visit their interactive site to read about their highlights and challenges faced over the last year. Great work @CCPCharity!

@CCPChiefExec #impinv
https://t.co/XT6Rn51xuH

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

What a treat to find @shaunwkeaveny in the Liza T hot seat. If only they’d start a double act.

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

@efbond pretty jealous actually. School has improved.

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Great work by @tobylloyd - as ever, both thoughtful and practical. Good opportunity for the new look @luhcgovuk to deliver on some very workable solutions #NoPlaceLeftBehind

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

Communities are at the heart of a thriving society. It is vital that we consider them holistically and support them in a range of ways. 55 important recommendations from @createstreetsfn in their report - https://t.co/A1halhVy5G #NoPlaceLeftBehind

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

"Serious public investment" needed in housing to deliver on repeated promises to 'left behind communities'. Social investment can and should be part of the mix. Great to be acknowledged by @CreateStreetsFN in their report. Read it here: https://t.co/PsMoQJuDh4 #NoPlaceLeftBehind

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Great to hear Mark Pepper @ambitionlw talk about the range of crucial work being done by his community. They also have a community renewables project that @SASCapital is proud to have supported through @briznrg #NoPlaceLeftBehind @CreateStreetsFN #peoplepower

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

To mark Small Charity Week we are highlighting one of our amazing borrowers - Child Dynamix who has shown such resilience and innovation keeping their children and family support services running during the pandemic👏👏👏https://t.co/fvO7bHCc1a

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

SASC continues to deliver transitional supported housing across the UK through outstanding charities. Delighted to have @SimonCommScot in the @SASCapital family.

#endhomelessness #impactinvesting

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

We are pleased to announce our £5m social investment into @SimonCommScot, with the support of @EdinburghUni to help tackle homelessness in Edinburgh.

#impactinvesting @socinvestscot

https://t.co/TqGRxNTzKI

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Last week @SASCapital published its 2020 Impact Report. Our 'investments' are committed organisations working on things that really matter, like climate change and working with vulnerable people. Our report highlights the amazing job they did last year https://t.co/BiqhMgJrwU

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

4 years ago we were the 2nd intake on the @LSEInequalities masters & I had to repeatedly tell friends why understanding inequality mattered. I'm still making the case but now bolstered by the incredible teaching of John Hills. He was inspiring, clever and kind. What a loss.

[Harry Anderson @harrycanderson]

Really saddened to hear about John Hills’ passing.

An absolute giant of academia but warm, supportive & humorous at the same time. He supervised my dissertation & gave me the confidence & guidance to keep going.

A sad day for everyone & anyone involved with @LSEInequalities.

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Can you match my colleagues to their gingerbread houses?

Needless to say, I did not win!

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

It may not be beginning to look a lot like any Christmas we have known before but, undaunted, SASC took on a festive challenge for our staff party.
Gingerbread house construction is tough, especially when there is a tough judge waiting to assess you.
Happy Holidays from us all!

[Gilly Orr @gillyorr]

Delighted that Social and Sustainable Housing was shortlisted for the @HomelessLink #ExcellenceAwards2020

Proud of my colleagues who work with great UK charities to enable them to buy up the private rental sector and deliver crucial transitional supported housing

#SASCHeroes

[Social & Sustainable @SASCapital]

Worthy winners. Congratulations @StonewaterUK! A great project delivering important services.

Thank you @HomelessLink for shortlisting our SASH housing fund and thanks to @Rickviews for a cracking awards ceremony. Really fun!

#homelessness #impactinvesting