Selected articles
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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Trustee visit to modern slavery charity Ella's
06 November 2023
Charlotte Davis, Human Rights Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, shares her experience of being a trustee for modern slavery charity Ella’s
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Hope and optimism in Great Yarmouth
16 October 2023
Our Chief Executive, Paul Streets, recently visited the town and saw some of the community-led solutions to homelessness.
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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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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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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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Paul Streets: Bringing unlikely partners together
14 June 2023
A trip to Middlesbrough showed there is real power in uniting organisations from different worlds around a shared commitment
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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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