How to Lend Money to Charities, with Holger Westphely (CAF Venturesome)

<p>Now, here is a topic I didn’t see coming. But why <em>lend</em> money to a charity, isn’t that a bit mean, to ask for your money back if they’re doing work you believe in? I spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/holgerwestphely/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Holger Westphely</a>, Acting Head of <a href="https://www.venturesome.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CAF Venturesome</a>, to find out how and why loans are sometimes better than donations.</p><br><p>It's very difficult to raise grant funding for anything that isn't directly related to a charity programme. Anything that has the word 'admin' in it is an anathema to many philanthropists. And that's where we come in, because we believe that a well run organisation needs OpEx, it needs CapEx… Secondly, from a philanthropist point of view, it can help the capital go further</p><br><p>And you can hear more of that on today’s episode. As mentioned, you can learn more about <a href="https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/caf-venturesome" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CAF Venturesome</a> at www.venturesome.org and more about the parent organisation at www.cafonline.org</p><p>Holger also mentioned two very worthy causes in this chat, and you can learn more about both on each of their homepages - Ubuntu Pathways is at <a href="https://ubuntupathways.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ubuntupathways.org/</a> and the Peaceful Change Initiative is at <a href="https://peacefulchange.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://peacefulchange.org/</a></p><br><p>Or if it is me you're after, you can find me <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on my LinkedIn page</a> (feel free to connect), and my action-adventure novels on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0133U3HGC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_6VS5451P6XEAX61A9G5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon, some versions even for free</a>.</p><br><p>If you have any feedback or question