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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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BlogGrant reporting is broken. Can we fix it?
Read more: Grant reporting is broken. Can we fix it?‘Funder-led. Bureaucratic. Time-consuming. Misunderstood.’ These are words used to describe grant reporting by six…
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PublicationThe possible, not the perfect
Read more: The possible, not the perfectIn response to three different emergencies in 2017 funders dispensed with ‘business as usual’…
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PublicationListening to people
Read more: Listening to peopleAre you a grantmaker? Do you want to shape grants with the people they…
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BlogReflections on ‘unrestricted funding’
Read more: Reflections on ‘unrestricted funding’Kevin Richmond, CEO at Sussex Community Foundation, shares his reflections on the Foundation’s first…
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PublicationSussex Community Foundation Unrestricted Funding Study
Read more: Sussex Community Foundation Unrestricted Funding StudyIn 2016 Sussex Community Foundation commissioned IVAR to carry out a study exploring the…
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PublicationCase study: Working in Place: The Rank Foundation
Read more: Case study: Working in Place: The Rank FoundationThe Rank Foundation runs its place-based programme alongside responsive grant-making. It has used this…
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PublicationCase study: Working in Place: Hackney Giving
Read more: Case study: Working in Place: Hackney GivingHackney Giving provides grants for small, grass-roots projects that directly benefit the residents of…
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PublicationCase study: Working in Place: Lloyds TSB
Read more: Case study: Working in Place: Lloyds TSBLloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland has developed a new asset-based empowerment model to support…
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PublicationCase study: Working in Place: Building Change Trust
Read more: Case study: Working in Place: Building Change TrustThe Building Change Trust was established by the Big Lottery Fund with a National…
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PublicationBeing There
Read more: Being ThereBeing There was produced at the end of Northern Rock Foundation’s (NRF) 17 years of grant…
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New ways of giving by UK Trusts and Foundations
Read more: New ways of giving by UK Trusts and FoundationsThis paper was presented at the 2012 International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) Conference…