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Trustee visit to modern slavery charity Ella's

06 November 2023

Charlotte Davis, Human Rights Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, shares her experience of being a trustee for modern slavery charity Ella’s

Duncan Shrubsole At Work And Pensions Committee Benefits Levels Oral Evidence Session

Universal Credit Deductions at the Work and Pensions Committee

14 September 2023

Duncan Shrubsole, our Director of Policy, Communications and Research, talks about Universal Credit deductions at Work and Pensions Committee oral evidence session

Research project: What is the distinct role and value of by-and-for organisations?

08 August 2023

We discuss our plans for researching by-and-for organisations, and the opportunities and challenges of this new research project

Deaf and Disabled people's organisation co-design workshop

Our approach to designing the Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations funding programme

19 July 2023

We discuss co-designing our d/Deaf and Disabled People's Organisation programme and changes we have made to our approach to funding

What the data tells us about the small charity landscape

23 June 2023

We refresh the data available on SmallCharitiesData.org whenever possible. Here are some of our key findings from our most recent refresh this Small Charity Week 2023.

Unrestricted grants: how are they being used?

21 June 2023

We reviewed 312 monitoring reports form charities to understand how they’re spending their unrestricted grant

Building on our work in Wales.

14 June 2023

We work with charities in Wales to ensure that people with the lived and learned experience of complex issues can raise their voice and effect wider change

Paul Streets: Bringing unlikely partners together

14 June 2023

A trip to Middlesbrough showed there is real power in uniting organisations from different worlds around a shared commitment

Sharing insights on the (in)adequacy of social security

31 January 2023

Rachel Cain from our Policy Team explains one of the ways we have been sharing evidence with MPs to advocate for change in social security

Charity concerns over rising inflation and utility bills

03 November 2022

Our Regional Manager, Gary Beharrell, shares his recent conversations with charity partners facing increased pressures