Purple Shoots is the financial institution for people held back by circumstances.
Sometimes our past can close doors to our future – but we like to offer an open door if we can. We want to see ideas blossom! We love working with talented, enthusiastic people and helping them realise their untapped potential. So if a bank has rejected your small …
There are many ways to build self-reliance – you don’t have to start your own business! Perhaps you’d rather focus on getting back to work, by boosting your skills or confidence? Or if you can’t work, perhaps you need something else: a new focus, a support network, or …
Since 2013, we’ve been changing people’s lives – and in turn, helping to regenerate communities. It’s a ripple effect, where each person’s success creates its own opportunities through the local – and ultimately, national – economy. We need donations Find out how to do that and how it helps us …
We now understand much more about how damaged communities, and damaged people in them, can revive. They do it themselves, step-by-step, from within. Outside support has a role, but agency must sit firmly with local people themselves. Purple Shoots fits exactly with what the latest social science is telling us – keep going!’
Dr Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
We have been enabling people to change their lives with our small loans and self-reliant groups for 10 years – watch some of our stories here.
We transform the lives of real people with real challenges. The team at Purple Shoots are focussed on supporting people with finance and self reliant groups. We empower ambitious entrepreneurs to overcome their challenges Here are a few real stories from real people (not actors) who have overcome exceptional …
Purple Shoots is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales
Registered Company No. 08603690
Registered Charity No. 1155385
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, number 720894
