Act with urgency

In an increasingly turbulent and challenging environment, where there is high and growing demand for both services and funding, everyone feels under pressure. In this context, it is a
privilege to coordinate the Open and Trusting community, bringing charities and grantmakers together to reflect, push each other and learn. Our work centres on one simple question: how can we do our best for the communities and causes we serve? 

This briefing is a staging post, re-introducing Open and Trusting Grant-making and sharing the latest thinking following a period of reflection and accountability during the autumn of 2024, when 105 funders were held to account by charity leaders for their progress on the eight commitments they sign up to as part of the Open and Trusting community. While you can read the full findings of this experience using the link below, this briefing covers a few key points that are informing our future direction.

Download the briefing here.

Read the full insights from the 2024 accountability process here.