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Helping funders
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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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Funding the 'third horizon'

More funding can be directed towards 'third horizons', away from responsive funding to work that shifts towards alternative & better futures
December 2, 2021
UK-wide
Existing collaboration
Emerging opportunity

Creating shared foresight infrastructure

We want to help funders avoid commissioning individual pieces of strategic foresight work and look at ways of creating a foresight commons or shared foresight infrastructure across foundations.
December 2, 2021
UK-wide
Existing collaboration
Emerging opportunity

Streamlined processes for better applicant experiences

We’d like to test whether we can streamline the applicant/grantee experience - and improve outcomes - by coordinating processes with other funders
December 2, 2021
UK-wide

Case study of the month

A good match

The Match Trading® Task Force has catalysed funder experimentation, learning and impact, while helping social enterprises become more sustainable.

December 1, 2021

Trust has deepened like a good compost, and ultimately sustained the group for longer than I thought possible.

Alastair Wilson

Collaboration and partnerships are the life blood of how we achieve our mission. We know we cannot do it alone.

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Danielle Walker Palmour
Director, Friends Provident 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

To map out the key steps you need to take.

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07. The Purpose Crafter

To develop a shared purpose for your collaboration.

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12. The Library

To find additional resources and reading about best practice.

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Events

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A key lever by which to reduce inequality
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GM Funders Forum briefing: Supporting the Living Wage campaign

A overview of the Living Wage campaign and discussion on how funders can support it
December 9, 2021
An overview of what can, and what is not being funded.
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Addressing financial exclusion in the West Midlands

Find out about financial inclusion measures for vulnerable West Midlands households
December 15, 2021
Share new information on challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
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North East and Cumbria Funders' Network - March 2022

Funders, social investors, local infrastructure organisations and local authorities share information and discuss collaboration.
March 3, 2022

Blog

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Helping funders achieve more together

After piloting the Funders Collaborative Hub for a year, we’re using what we’ve learned to help funders all over the UK to share, connect and collaborate on a wide variety of issues.

December 1, 2021

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Helping funders to share and connect

Ab Brightman, part of the Funders Collaborative Hub design team, writes about how we're exploring new ideas to make it easier for funders to share and connect with others, so they can achieve more together.

November 30, 2021

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Funders Collaborative Hub: the new role that is emerging

Nick Stanhope, part of the Funders Collaborative Hub’s design team, shares how the Hub’s role has evolved as it seeks to inspire and support greater interdependence, collaboration and collective action amongst UK grant funders.

November 26, 2021

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