This article looks at how impact investors like Big Issue Invest, UnLtd, and partners are backing social enterprises that provide education and rehabilitation support for prisoners and prison leavers. It highlights funding being directed toward organisations that use learning, mentoring, and employment support to help reduce reoffending and improve reintegration outcomes.

It also explains how this kind of social investment combines financial returns with measurable social impact, focusing on addressing inequality and supporting groups who are often excluded from traditional education and employment pathways.

Big Issue Invest and UnLtd back social enterprise providing education for prisoners