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Discover opportunities to connect and collaborate with hundreds of funders working on issues you care about.

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Collaboration opportunities

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#iwill Fund

The #iwill Fund is looking for new Match Funders to join their collaborative group of partners creating more opportunities for young people to take part in high-quality youth social action.
August 8, 2022
England
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Plastic pollution - UNEA global treaty

The Astra Foundation is hoping to identify other funders who may be interested in aligned funding to support organisations developing the UNEA global treaty to end plastic pollution
August 8, 2022
International
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Supporting the mental health of grassroots VCS workers

Funders supporting an improvement in the mental health of front-line voluntary and community sector (VCS) workers, by collaborating to share practice and implement a co-ordinated approach.
July 18, 2022
UK-wide

Case study of the month

Advice, agility and anti-racism

Justice Together is a values-led collaboration, aiming to improve access to justice in the immigration system by creating a more accessible, sustainable and co-ordinated sector

July 19, 2022

When the invasion of Ukraine began in March 2022, we were quickly able to connect with grant partners and assess the additional capacity needed to handle the increasing pressure on immigration advice services

Hazel Williams

The Hub has the potential to shape and improve our practice collectively and individually

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Sharon Shea
Director of Portfolio, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Not all funders can nor should do the same things - but we need to better understand how we all fit together

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Duncan Shrubsole
Director of Policy, Communications and Research, Lloyds Bank Foundation

Collectively, we can have a wider influence on social issues

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Nick Addington
Chief Executive, William Grant Foundation

Funder collaboration toolkit

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01. The Pathfinder

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07. The Purpose Crafter

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Events

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Coming up

North East and Cumbria Funders' Network - September 2022

Funders, social investors, local infrastructure organisations and local authorities share information and discuss collaboration.
September 8, 2022
Discuss what data would be of most use to local funders
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Yorkshire Funders online forum: Latest Learnings from the Funding Sector

Come together with local funders of all types and sizes for an interactive session focused on the Latest Learnings from the Funding Sector.
September 22, 2022

Blog

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Meet the Strategy Group

The Funders Collaborative Hub is supported by a group of experienced collaborators and passionate advocates for funders working in more joined-up ways.

July 25, 2022

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What issues are funders collaborating on? Our first look at the data

The first in a three-part blog series exploring what we can learn from analysing the Hub's collaboration opportunity listings.

July 22, 2022

May 12, 2022

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Mapping UK funder collaboration – where are the ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ spots?

In this second blog in our series exploring the Hub's data on funder collaboration, Jim Cooke looks at the geographical distribution of opportunities and identifies some common features of collaborative regional funding ecosystems.

July 22, 2022

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