Live projects

Help on Your Doorstep (HOYD)

We are a learning partner to Help on Your Doorstep’s collective network of 130 referral partners in Islington, supporting them to establish new ways of working in partnership – so that more residents can benefit from their services. 

The Power of Youth Charter

We are working with UK Youth, Volunteering Matters and a group of Young Assessors to explore how organisations are carrying out their Power of Youth commitments and how they are taking meaningful action to empower young people.

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The Jane Hatfield Award

An annual grant for a team of young researchers to investigate community, social action and/or social justice. The Award is run in partnership with The Ubele Initiative. For 2024, we are supporting two separate pieces of research with awards of £5,000 each.

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Community Participatory Action Research

We’re supporting community researchers from NHS Workforce Training and Education Southeast to join the dots between conversations with local and national stakeholders so that community-led research can inform the priorities and development of health services for marginalised communities in the Southeast.

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Propel initiative

Propel is a collaborative initiative of funders led by London Funders. We’re working alongside Propel funders and grantees to understand how to achieve equitable systemic change through long-term, collaborative funding.

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The Cabrach Trust Evaluation

We are the learning partner for The Cabrach Trust as part of a longitudinal evaluation of the Trust’s investments and regeneration activities in the Cabrach community.

The Trussell Trust Learning Partner

We are a learning partner for Trussell Trust to explore how food banks not only provide emergency food and discreet programmes but also engage effectively with local system change work.

Future Communities Fund

We are a learning partner for Co-op Foundation’s Future Communities Fund, which seeks to contribute to building communities that are diverse, equitable and inclusive, and prioritise youth activism.

Advice Workforce Development Fund (AWDF)

London Legal Support Trust and the funders and organisations involved in the AWDF want to explore the model of collaborative working that has been developed to design and lead the work of the Fund.

The AI Exchange

IVAR is delighted to be joining forces with CAST to strengthen lines of communication and connection across and between charities and grantmakers – with the ultimate aim of empowering more confident, robust and well-informed responses to AI across the board.

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Corra Foundation

Increase their understanding of long-term systemic solutions. This includes understanding how and where Corra can engage with social impact investing and contribute to long-term systemic change.

Hyde Charitable Trust

Exploring the Trust’s contribution through its grantmaking and funder plus activities. To encompass the work of the wider Hyde Foundation team as well as the Trust.

ICS Learning Network (Pears)

Pears, NHS England and Barnardo’s are setting up a peer learning network to support Integrated Care System (ICS) leads to develop and share approaches to youth engagement in health settings. IVAR will facilitate the network through an iterative and flexible programme of support.

Southwark Council

We are supporting Southwark to explore their approach to open and trusting grant-making through a series of light-touch conversations.

William Grant Foundation

Wants to develop ‘greater clarity about its role and positioning’ and provide those responsible for governance and operation with a ‘road map’ to navigate the next ten years.

Local Trust Legacy project

We are working with Local Trust to explore how trusts and foundations fund resident-led initiatives by embedding more participatory, flexible, and long-term approaches. The work aims to influence funding behaviours towards resident-led initiatives to achieve lasting change in neighbourhoods and receive more sustainable and accessible financial support beyond the life of the Big Local programme.