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Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.

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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

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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.

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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

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You cannot go it alone

01 November 2022

How bringing together a variety of diverse voices and minds to work together can help achieve sustained change.

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Ngozi Lyn Cole and Bonnie Chiu: Two years later

26 October 2022

Bonnie Chiu and Ngozi Lyn Cole reflect on the Foundation's racial equity journey, two years on.

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Collaboration multiplies the ways that funders can achieve a positive impact

20 October 2022

"Collaboration multiplies the ways that funders can achieve a positive impact" Jim Cooke, Funders Collaborative Hub

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Working together to shape an effective and preventative approach to ending homelessness in Great Yarmouth.

08 June 2022

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Deductions: Driver of Poverty Report Cover

Press Release: Universal Credit deductions drive people further into debt

11 May 2022

Our new report brings together a range of evidence and research to highlight the issue and present a case for reform.

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Learning how to be wrong

30 March 2022

In March 2022, we published How To Wrong in partnership with Sport England and organised by Ratio. Learn more about the report and the power of mistakes.

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On Z2K's People Before Process Campaign

28 October 2021

Anela Anwar, CEO at Z2K, discusses the People Before Process campaign, and how the government's Health and Disability Green Paper lacks ambition and ignores clear failures of the system

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