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Collaboration opportunities

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Strengthening local communities through advice

Co-fund an innovative Citizens Advice programme in a challenged area of London, training local residents as advisors.
January 15, 2026
London
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Red Nose Day 2026 - Radio 1 Challenge

We are looking for matched funding to ignite public giving during Comic Relief and BBC Radio 1’s annual Red Nose Day Challenge
December 18, 2025
UK-wide
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Crowdfunding Creativity

Crowdfunder Connect is seeking funding partners for creative projects to grow the future of arts and culture across the UK.
January 14, 2026
UK-wide

Events

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Environmental Impact Investing Group - Market information session
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February 25, 2026

Environmental Impact Investing Group - Market information session

The aim of the session is to enable ventures to meet EIIG members and for members to learn more about enterprises operating in this sector.
In person
Shaping the Future Funder Roundtable
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March 3, 2026

Shaping the Future Funder Roundtable

A session to share and discuss the recommendations from the Shaping the Future report on participatory grant making in the migration sector
Online

Collaboration case studies

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Advancing equitable funding

The DEI Data Standard connects funders who want to better understand and improve the equity of their grant making. This collaboration has developed a shared approach to collecting and analysing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) data - helping foundations learn from one another, identify gaps and target funding to address structural inequalities.

February 2, 2026

The collaboration has really helped us spread the word about the DEI Data Standard, reaching well beyond our usual circles and has deepened understanding of how equitable funding looks across the sector.

Josh Cockcroft

The Hub offered our collaboration a quick and easy way to have a public profile in a relevant space, rather than spend time and money designing our own website in our initial development phase.

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Beth Crosland
Corston Independent Funders’ Coalition 

We’ve already had several funders reach out about joining our collective because they saw it on the Funders Collaborative Hub

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Gaia Brignone
Future Mental Health Collective

Our report launch was well-attended, including some people we don’t usually have at our events, so I’m sure that having it on the Funders Collaborative Hub was a good way of expanding our reach

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Anna Camilleri
Programme Manager, Migration Exchange

Blog

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Eight Years of 2027: Bringing the voice of lived-experience into funding

By placing talented professionals from working-class and under-represented communities into paid roles in trusts and foundations, the 2027 Programme has opened the door for new voices, perspectives, and lived experience to shape how funding decisions are made.

November 12, 2025

October 16, 2025

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Reimagining research – an emerging approach to creating community impact

What becomes possible when communities and researchers work together? The British Science Association's Ideas Fund is reimagining 'traditional' research models and exploring how community-led engagement with research has the potential to create social change.

October 3, 2025

September 10, 2025

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More funders should join forces in the fight for women’s justice

Liz Hogarth OBE, a member of the Corston Independent Funders’ Coalition, shares what this ambitious collaboration has already achieved for women in the criminal justice system - and what more still needs to be done.

August 26, 2025

August 26, 2025

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Funder collaboration toolkit

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1. Clarify the case for collaboration

The Advantage Articulator can help you decide if collaboration is worthwhile.

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5. Develop a shared purpose

The Purpose Crafter will help you define your collaboration's purpose and scope.

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9. Collaboration resource library

The Library contains links to additional resources and reading about funder collaboration.

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