Mission & objectives

Rooted in the belief that all peoples can solve our own issues, provided that we have access to the means, skills and education to do so; Unio - Trusting Communities is on a mission to grow the access to capital in the hands of productive groups in the left-behind communities. We invest jointly and directly in ‘what’ the small and independent productive associations of workers and/or neighbours need to self-develop as a community and grow our wellbeing.

Our main objective is to enable the most wealthy and most vulnerable communities to promote and grow shared prosperity and well-being, together.

More about our social venture plan here: Download our Social venture plan

Our approach: community chest

We co-invest with communities, the place holder for our joint capital is the community chest, which is self-managed by the productive groups in the communities. Our joint capital in the community chest that is co-invested in productive means, consists of:

“own” saving amount of the (productive) group members
+
“our” capital from the revolving fund
+
social capital from the group in the community

Value for financial partners

Over a period of 5 years the value we bring for financial partners is:

1. capital goes directly into the hands of the community
2. one euro donated is trippled in value, in terms of impact
3. that all co-investments are made by local productive groups based in left-behind communities
4. that the capital continues to revolve in community chests even after 5 year period

Board members

Our organisational structure is fairly uncomplicated, our team consists of strong local partners and a number of volunteers. Our Board members work on a voluntary basis too, without receiving financial compensation.

Contact & other details

Unio Trust
Lauwerecht 96
3515 GV Utrecht
The Netherlands
+31 6 10413917


Tax authority number (RSIN):
867795785