News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Our Experience of Participatory Grant Making in the COVID Recovery Fund
11 February 2021
To avoid changing the nature of the relationships we built we turned to participatory grant making as a way to share the power and shift decisions to a wider group who understood their community.
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Our Infrastructure Programme
22 January 2021
Infrastructure is important at the best of times, but the crisis has cemented the role of infrastructure organisations in making sure charities can continue to support people who need them
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Paul Streets: Small charities must not be forgotten once COVID-19 is behind us
20 January 2021
In a post-pandemic world, will compassion fatigue only stretch so far?
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Act now to support vital small charities
15 December 2020
If small charities fail communities will suffer, and public services and the treasury will have to pick up the tab.
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35 years of… looking to the future
14 December 2020
To mark the end of our 35th anniversary celebrations, Chief Executive Paul Streets OBE looks to the future, the aftermath of COVID-19, and our role in the years to come.
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35 years of… influencing policy and practice
30 November 2020
To mark our 35th anniversary, Director of Policy, Communications and Research, Duncan Shrubsole, looks at our evolving role in amplifying the voices of our charity partners
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35 years of… working together
23 November 2020
To mark our 35th anniversary, our Director of Development shares the work of her team in local communities as they build on relationships for lasting change.
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35th Anniversary: Our journey as a grantmaker
17 November 2020
To mark our 35th anniversary, Director of Grants, Harriet Stranks looks at our funding strategy since she started and the ways we adapted during COVID in response to the needs of charities.
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Where does Organisational Resilience end and where does Organisational Development begin?
11 November 2020
Tom Watson has been working with the Foundation to develop an Organisational Resilience programme. Here, he offers his reflections and where it ties in with Organisational Development.
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Lessons learnt from Changing Lives, Changing Systems report in partnership with Social Finance
10 November 2020
On 4th November, we shared our learnings from the latest report by Social Finance and Lloyds Bank Foundation, Changing Lives, Changing Systems: Lessons from Reducing and Preventing Domestic Abuse.
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