News and blogs

We’ve collected all of the news and blog posts from across the team at Allia – read on for insights about impact; spotlights on some of the exciting projects our tenants and partners work on; and interesting thought-pieces from across the sector

Hackney Council partners with Allia to support local micro and small businesses in the borough to develop and grow

June 22, 2022

Allia has partnered with Hackney Council to provide another year of high-quality support, workshops and mentoring for 145 small and micro businesses in Hackney to help them develop, grow and achieve their impact aims.

Over 2022, Allia will run a range of programmes that will help local entrepreneurs to bring their business ideas to life; support established small businesses to grow revenue and gain more customers; and work with pre-seed or seed impact start-ups that aim to address the most pressing local and global challenges.

Second modular home project co-ordinated by Allia & partner organisations in Cambridgeshire

April 27, 2022

A team of organisations in Cambridgeshire have joined forces to provide six new homes for people who are homeless.

Places for People Living Plus, working in partnership with Fenland District Council, charities Allia, The Ferry Project, and New Meaning Foundation are to provide accommodation to tackle homelessness in Cambridgeshire.

Second modular home project co-ordinated by Allia & partner organisations in Cambridgeshire

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New Allia film shows how Modular Homes can help address homelessness

March 10, 2023

Specially built housing communities have been proven to help rough sleepers rebuild their lives.

Allia has released a short film to share how supported modular housing communities help people who have been previously homeless or are sleeping rough to rebuild their lives.

£105 million for new affordable homes in Scotland

February 22, 2023

The Scottish Government has agreed investment worth £105 million to boost the number of affordable homes in Scotland – through Allia’s Charitable Bond programme. It has been working with Allia for 8 successful years – and now £105 million has been secured for the social housing sector.

FOTOGRAF – The life of young people in Uganda, through their eyes

January 17, 2023

Last week saw the opening of award-winning photographer Julian Claxton’s latest exhibition, Fotograf, at our Future Business Centre at the Cambridge Guildhall. Established in 2015, Fotograf (previously Give a Child a Camera) is a programme of photography workshops designed to ‘enrich, inspire and empower’ young people in East Africa.

Investors! Come & meet the next big things in impact innovation!

January 12, 2023

From fields such as food waste reduction, transforming plastic into low-carbon building products to building nature-related intelligence gathering – all of the ventures on our Accelerator Challenge are addressing global challenges in innovative ways. And we want you to meet them!

Cost Crisis Seminar for Hackney businesses by Allia

November 29, 2022

Business owners in Hackney invited to online seminar for free advice and support on managing with escalating costs.

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Impact ventures celebrate prize fund share at DIF Allia Accelerator Challenge demo day

March 8, 2023

Deputy Mayor officially opens Allia’s new building on its growing Cambridge Campus

November 11, 2022

The new Allia Future Business Centre, Cambridge Guildhall

August 1, 2022

The historical building in the heart of the city will provide a base for start-ups & community enterprises to work and collaborate

Climate Accelerator comes to a close with a Demo Day for climate tech founders

July 26, 2022

We have been working with Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, EIT Climate-KIC, to deliver 6 months of support to start-ups who have innovative solutions for addressing the climate emergency

As the programme came to a close, the founders joined to pitch their ventures at Allia’s Climate Accelerator Demo Day at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge – the same venue that saw the launch of the programme back in January 2022.

Climate Action from the Allia team

April 20, 2022

Here at Allia, we talk a lot about our mission to create a positive impact for people, place and planet… But what does our team do in their personal lives to play their part in saving the planet? After all, it’s the small things that go towards making a big difference.