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News and blogs

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

Selected articles

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

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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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Questions and answers from our learning from our practice event

12 October 2022

On 3rd October 2022 we hosted an event to share our learning from the last five years of our funding practice. We received some great questions from the audience at this event which we've answered

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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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