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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.
Recent blog posts
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PublicationEmbedding direct experience in applications and assessments – Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust case study
Read more: Embedding direct experience in applications and assessments – Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust case studySix grantmakers volunteered to share their own ideas, efforts, and experiments in the hope…
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PublicationEmbedding direct experience into applications and assessments – Comic Relief case study
Read more: Embedding direct experience into applications and assessments – Comic Relief case studySix grantmakers volunteered to share their own ideas, efforts, and experiments in the hope…
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PublicationLet charities shine
Read more: Let charities shineHow can foundations be more open and trusting in their funding applications and assessments?…
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PublicationLook after yourself and your families first
Read more: Look after yourself and your families firstIn this briefing, we summarise how charity leaders are experiencing and navigating the current…
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PublicationTowards more transparent application and assessment processes
Read more: Towards more transparent application and assessment processesAre you a grantmaker interested in making your application and assessment processes more open…
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PublicationThe holy grail of funding
Read more: The holy grail of fundingThrough the voices of trustees and senior staff from 12 trusts and foundations, we…
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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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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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PublicationTowards more flexible funding
Read more: Towards more flexible fundingThis briefing shares reflections and ideas for action from the first round of Community…
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PublicationComplicated and messy
Read more: Complicated and messyThis twelfth briefing shares the experiences of 43 leaders participating in online peer support…
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PublicationThe certainty of uncertainty
Read more: The certainty of uncertaintyThis eleventh briefing shares the experiences of 44 leaders participating in online peer support…
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BlogMaking ‘relational’ real: Our experience of funding during Covid
Read more: Making ‘relational’ real: Our experience of funding during CovidThe first in our new series of blogs about learning from funding during Covid,…