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We feature the voices of charities, foundations and public agencies we work with, and share our take on both opportunities and challenges for the voluntary sector.
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PageOpen and Trusting Grant-making
Read more: Open and Trusting Grant-makingJoin a community of funders adopting more open and trusting practices that make life…
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PageLearning and Evaluation
Read more: Learning and EvaluationLearning is not an add on, it’s integral and essential. To be the best…
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BlogUnrestricted funding: Where does it go and what difference does it make?
Read more: Unrestricted funding: Where does it go and what difference does it make?Hannah shares The Blue Thread foundation’s approach to offering unrestricted funding.
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BlogSupporting a dynamic learning agenda across City Bridge Trust: Our present, vision and direction
Read more: Supporting a dynamic learning agenda across City Bridge Trust: Our present, vision and directionIn the second blog from our learning in uncertainty blog series, Donna Buxton and…
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BlogCovid made us all into “learning organisations”
Read more: Covid made us all into “learning organisations”In the first blog of our learning in uncertainty series, Shoshana Boyd Gelfand reflects…
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PublicationSharing power in grant-making
Read more: Sharing power in grant-makingHow do we shift the power in grant-making to communities? By making steps to…
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PublicationPlanning in uncertainty
Read more: Planning in uncertaintyHow can organisations be agile faced with an unpredictable future? Could funders better support…
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BlogRethinking funding for the future
Read more: Rethinking funding for the futureMarguerite Hunter Blair – Chief Executive of Play Scotland – on ‘rethinking funding for the…
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Publication‘Timely action for a shattered community’
Read more: ‘Timely action for a shattered community’On Tuesday 30th July 2019, heavy rainfall in the North Yorkshire Dales resulted in…
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BlogCommunities need flexible funders to influence the public sector
Read more: Communities need flexible funders to influence the public sectorPerfectly placed to step up and argue for greater consistency and flexibility from public…