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Every week we run a free, 90 minute drop-in session for up to 10 charity leaders - a facilitated, peer support space.
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One year ago, we published the first of fifteen Covid-19 briefings for funders. Now, having heard from more than 500 VCSE leaders, we offer four reflections on what matters most in how funders go forward.
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Dr Vita Terry shares the practical suggestions to supporting workforce health and wellbeing from conversations we’ve had with over 400 voluntary sector leaders in our peer support sessions.
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The William Grant Foundation have signed up to our eight commitments for open and trusting grant-making. They join us as one of our #FlexibleFunders to share some practical ideas to developing practices from their experiences and ideas – authored by Nick Addington, Chief Executive.
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In reflection, Tanya Beer – IVAR associate – shares the four key reflections from the Evaluation Roundtable 2020 session to enable transformational learning for funders.
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Panellists Dr Esther Oenga and Cecily Mwaniki from Utulivu reflect on how responding collaboratively can help us to address health inequalities among the ethnically diverse and refugee communities’ – following IVAR’s Transforming Healthcare Together Virtual Conference in November 2020.
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Ben Cairns and Sara Llewellin explore how alignment helps trusts and foundations (as well as organisations of any kind) navigate uncertainty.
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Elaine Wilson considers what behaviours enable funders to learn meaningfully.
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Pears Foundation share reflections on how they hope to learn in 2021.
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As Director of the Irish Institute for Catholic Studies, a small organisation based in Limerick, Patricia Kieran discusses her journey through the Covid-19 crisis - from isolation to opportunity.
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