A breath of fresh air

The Isle of Gigha is a beautiful spot in the Hebrides with sandy beaches, rolling green hills and clear seas.  Despite this natural beauty, people just didn’t want to live there. By 2002 the island was in crisis: the population had fallen from 200 in the 1970s to just 98, the... Read more

From portacabin to thriving business - with CDFI help

Envirowarm, now HIS Midlands, was originally a social enterprise set up in 1999 by Dudley Council to fit cavity wall insulation into council houses. Operations manager Will Walker took out a business development loan of £15,000 from the Black Country Reinvestment Society (BCRS)... Read more