News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
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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The consequences of our failure on Refugees
19 June 2023
Today is the start of Small Charity Week and Refugee Week so I thought it would be good to highlight the work of small charities on one of the toughest issues.
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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
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How do we prioritise what we do when we can’t reach everyone?
03 March 2023
It’s the existential question all charity leaders face. Or should
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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
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COVID-19 has left many of us re-examining what we do
07 December 2022
But funders do appear to be better prepared to respond the cost-of-living crisis than before the COVID-19 pandemic
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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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