News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
The quiet tenacity of small charities
29 November 2023
Paul Streets visited addiction charity High Level (Northern) Trust where he meet staff and the people they support that showed how small charities are filling the gaps when society fails to provide.
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Learnings and reflections from three years of working with people and communities
28 November 2023
Our online event attracted over 120 people who are involved or interested in bringing about systemic change in their communities. We summarise their views on how to bring about local change.
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How we evaluated the first three years of working with communities
21 November 2023
Helen Highley shares how consultancy Brightpurpose have been evaluating the Foundation’s work to strengthen local services and systems in six communities across England and Wales.
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How we’ve responded to feedback from small charities…
07 November 2023
Through regular monitoring, evaluation, and learning from our work we aim to improve our support to small and local charities.
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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
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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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