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Youth Voice in Funding

A space where young people and funders come together, to ensure that children and young people’s voices are at the heart of youth funding strategies.

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Participatory Grantmaking Community

A community of practice to share knowledge about participatory grantmaking.

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Future Mental Health Collective

A global peer-to-peer network of both existing and potential mental health funders.

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Collaborate with Co-op Foundation on our Carbon Innovation Fund

We are looking for organisations who may want to work together for our next round of funding which would launch in October 2022.

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Plymouth Partners & Funders Forum

Plymouth Partners & Funders Forum is a group of funders and public sector partners committed to working together in a joined up, transparent way to benefit Plymouth's voluntary, community and social enterprise sector and the people of Plymouth.

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Scottish Grantmakers

Membership organisation for grantmaking charities working in Scotland. Provides opportunities for members to network, work together, share best practice and stay up-to-date on matters affecting the charity and voluntary sector.

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Reducing language bias in grant-making

We aim to understand where language bias arises in grant-making and develop resources to help foundations reduce or avoid it.

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Foundations for Social Justice

A network of leaders of foundations working to promote social justice (previously known as the Woburn Place Collaborative).

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Music Investment Model

Convening funders to deliver funding to the music and wellbeing sector in the most coordinated way possible.

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Environmental Finance and Learning Fund

A collaborative fund aiming to build the environmental investment market and help funders learn more about environmental investing

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Funder Commitment on Climate Change

A straightforward framework to support all foundations to play their part in tackling the causes and impacts of climate change.

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Evidence and Learning (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members interested in current thinking about evidence and learning (including monitoring and evaluation) and reflecting on their own practices.

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Economic Justice (ACF Member Network)

A new network aiming to understand the links between the economy and the social challenges the philanthropy sector in the UK faces

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Increasing community power in the economy

Power to Change is looking to collaborate with other funders on increasing community power and participation in the economy, through growing support for democratic, shared and community ownership

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Building alternative futures

Joseph Rowntree Foundation are designing the first phase of a new fund to invest in imagining and building fairer futures. They want to test their thinking with other funders and share ideas and experiences.

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Justice Together

Building a community of people and organisations with diverse backgrounds, strengths, and experience, to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system. Includes details of an emerging funder response to the legal advice needs of Ukrainians.

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Empowering Local

Our aim is to ensure that funding, and the funding decisions that are made, make the most impact possible by being driven by needs of local children and young people and the organisations that support them.

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London Funders

Cross-sector membership network for funders and investors in London’s civil society.

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LGBTQI Climate Fund

We are keen to explore co-funding and learning opportunities at the intersection of climate justice and LGBTQI human rights.

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Environmental Philanthropy Lab

A collaborative learning space to help funders work together towards greater impact.

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Gloucestershire Funders

An informal group of funders committed to working together in a joined up way to benefit Gloucestershire.

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Tackling Racial Injustice

Working together to implement and build on recommendations from community research articulating how funders can better support African Diaspora-led organisations.

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Civic Power Fund

Building civic power through growing grassroots community organising.

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Join the Bristol Holistic Community Development Circle

Innovative approach to building relationships between funders, communities and professionals, leveraging collective intelligence, reducing duplication, producing higher quality social action.

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DEI Coalition

A group of funders formed a learning and action community to embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion throughout their work. Over two years, they built a body of practice which is now available for the whole sector to benefit from.

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Collaborative online grants portal for people in financial hardship

Lightning is a portal for grant-making to individuals, co-designed by the sector, for the sector and centred around the needs of the people they support.

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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.

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West Midlands Funders Network

A support network for funders in the West Midlands, helping them to work more effectively and increase their impact on people and communities.

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Farming the Future

Farming the Future seeks to facilitate the power of the collective to build a system of regenerative, agroecological food production and land use that furthers social and environmental justice.

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Philanthropy for Ukraine

Improving coordination between philanthropic initiatives and potential beneficiary organisations, through an online European philanthropy portal for Ukraine.

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Ariadne

European peer-to-peer network of funders and philanthropists who support social change and human rights.

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UK Overseas Territories Fund

Collaborative fund to provide a strategic response to environmental needs in the UK Overseas Territories (note: currently closed to applications)

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The Community Justice Fund

A joint initiative focused on supporting the provision of specialist social welfare legal advice across the UK

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Supporting care experienced students at University

Unite Foundation is interested in exploring match funding opportunities to improve outcomes of care experienced and estranged students in Higher Education

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Infrastructure support for small charities

Small Charities Coalition is sadly closing. A group of funders are working together to support the transition of its Helpdesk service for small charities to a new partnership between NCVO and FSI.

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Collaborative, place-based funding in Plymouth

Plymouth Octopus Project has experimented with ways of funding a local ecosystem of responses to social, economic and environmental needs. We are inviting other funders join in the next steps of this journey.

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Wales Trust and Foundation Project

Building connections between the Welsh third sector and Trusts and Foundations who are based outside Wales.

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Setting up a new Leeds Funders Forum

An opportunity to shape and/or join a new forum for funders in Leeds

Yorkshire and the Humber

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Foundation Practice Rating

A new method of assessing the transparency, accountability and diversity of UK foundations, incentivising and supporting them to improve their practices

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Greater Manchester Funders Forum

Enables independent grant makers, social investors and public sector funders to collaborate and coordinate programmes.

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London Community Response

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, 67 of London’s funders worked together to provide co-ordinated funding.

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London Refugee Response

Co-ordinating work to support London’s refugees, including our Afghan and Ukrainian communities.

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Christian Funders' Forum

Funders of Christian work who meet to share best practice and work together wherever possible.

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Funder Safeguarding Collaborative

Promoting collaboration, listening and learning among funders and organisations to support and strengthen safeguarding practices globally.

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Newham Funders' Forum

Newham Council are working with London Funders to explore how we can support greater funder collaboration and activity in Newham

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Small grants to period chamber music ensembles

Working together to fund excellent period music activity in every region of the UK, to enrich lives and enhance community cohesion

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Infrastructure Support in the Youth Sector

Funders working together to support and strengthen infrastructure to ensure young people thrive

February 28, 2022

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Developing a digital platform to tackle appliance poverty

We are exploring how benevolence charities, funders and retailers could collaborate to alleviate the needs of the 4.8 million people living in the UK without essential household goods.

February 25, 2022

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Moray Funders’ Forum

A regular platform for Moray grant-givers to network, learn, collaborate, and share funding information

February 10, 2022

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The OWL Collaboration (Outdoor Week of Learning)

A collaboration of funders, farm and environmental centres and schools, to fund outdoor weeks of learning for disadvantaged pupils.

February 8, 2022

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Funders Forum for Northern Ireland

A confidential space for organisations who fund in Northern Ireland to network, share information and encourage collaboration.

January 28, 2022

Northern Ireland

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Givings Together

A collaboration of 6 London Giving schemes working together to address structural discrimination and access support and funding for diverse communities in London

January 27, 2022

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Environmental Funders Network

A network of foundations and individual donors supporting environmental causes. EFN aims to increase the amount of financial support for environmental causes and improve its effectiveness.

January 26, 2022

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Just Foundations Initiative

Supporting foundation leaders to deliver racial justice in their organisations.

January 19, 2022

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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.

January 18, 2022

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Funders South West

South West Voluntary Sector Funders’ Forum

January 17, 2022

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Open and Trusting Grantmakers

A community of funders who are committed to adopting more open and trusting practices that make life easier for those they fund.

December 17, 2021

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Social Impact Investors Group

Convened by the Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) to support foundations currently undertaking, or interested in starting social impact investing

December 17, 2021

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Exploring the routes to power and influence for small and grassroots women’s organisations

A group of funders who currently fund women's sector organisations, working together to better understand the sector's needs.

December 15, 2021

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Environment evaluation frameworks

An opportunity for funders to work together to explore frameworks for measuring activity in the environment sector.

December 9, 2021

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Yorkshire Funders

Enables local funding organisations of all sizes to be better connected and informed, in order to boost their impact on Yorkshire people and places.

December 9, 2021

Yorkshire and the Humber

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Women Thrive Fund

A collaborative fund to improve vulnerable and disadvantaged women’s mental health and financial resilience.

December 7, 2021

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East Midlands Funders Forum

Mutual support, development and collaboration opportunities for funders working in the East Midlands.

December 6, 2021

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Wales Funders' Forum

Strengthening and supporting funders, to promote effective funding practices and learn about current and emerging issues to meet the needs of Wales.

December 2, 2021

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Match Trading Task Force

Guiding the ongoing development of Match Trading®, an innovative form of grant-making to strengthen financial resilience for social enterprises, community businesses and trading charities.

December 2, 2021

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Grant Funders’ Network

A free, informal, inclusive and collaborative group for people in grant making across the UK

December 1, 2021

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No Going Back

A collaborative programme between almost 30 Livery Companies, providing prison leavers with support, training, jobs, accommodation and more.

December 1, 2021

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Building Connections Fund

A partnership between Government, The National Lottery Community Fund and the Co-op Foundation to support projects that prevent or reduce loneliness

November 30, 2021

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DEI Data Standard

A shared framework for funders to capture data on funding for groups who experience structural inequity.

November 29, 2021

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Bradford Funders Forum

A forum for non-statutory funders that are investing, or interested in investing in Bradford.

November 29, 2021

Yorkshire and the Humber

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Losing Control funders group

Peer action learning for people working in grant-making who want to learn together and take action to shift power in funding.

November 29, 2021

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Tackling education gaps in Bedford Borough

Harpur Trust are looking for partners to explore and co-fund initiatives to understand and mitigate local education issues.

November 29, 2021

East of England

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The Beacon Collaborative

The Voice for Philanthropy, Beacon exists to encourage more private assets to be used for public good.

November 29, 2021

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Northern Ireland (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members that fund or are interested in funding work in Northern Ireland.

November 28, 2021

Northern Ireland

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North East & Cumbria Funders Network (NEC-FN)

Enabling funders to be better networked, better informed and work together more effectively to improve and maximise their support to North East communities.

November 28, 2021

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Mental Health (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who are working on projects involving mental health.

November 28, 2021

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Tackling Poverty (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who would like to be involved in considering what role foundations can play in tackling poverty.

November 28, 2021

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Strengthening Voices, Realising Rights

An initiative to bolster the capacity of Deaf & Disabled People's Organisations in London.

November 28, 2021

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Housing and Homelessness (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who are already funding or exploring the possibility of funding housing and homelessness projects and programmes.

November 28, 2021

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Corporate Foundations (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members of trusts and foundations that are linked with a company, co-operative or other business.

November 28, 2021

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International Funders (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who are already funding or exploring the possibility of funding internationally.

November 28, 2021

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Merseyside Charitable Trusts Group

A group of independent grant-makers supporting communities in the Liverpool City Region.

November 28, 2021

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Asylum, Refugee & Migration (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who are funding (or exploring the possibility of funding) work related to asylum, refugees and migration

November 28, 2021

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Migration Exchange (MEx)

An informal network of independent funders who aim to improve the lives of people who migrate and the UK communities receiving them.

November 28, 2021

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The Arts Funders Group

An informal network bringing together the senior leadership of 22 of the UK’s most significant arts and cultural funders.

November 28, 2021

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The Cornerstone Fund

Aiming to bring about systemic change in support for London's civil society organisations.

November 28, 2021

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Grant Givers' Movement

A non-hierarchical gathering of people who work in grant-giving, enabling them to raise their collective voice about pressing issues affecting the sector.

November 28, 2021

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Violence Against Women and Girls (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who are already funding or exploring the possibility of funding work in domestic abuse and related areas.

November 28, 2021

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Criminal Justice (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members that fund work in criminal justice to share information and practice in this area of funding.

November 28, 2021

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Children and Young People Northern Ireland collaboration

Northern Ireland funders coming together to ensure our collective response to the impact of Covid-19 on children and young people is as effective as possible.

November 28, 2021

Northern Ireland

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The Listening Fund (England)

A partnership which aims to make the youth sector more accountable to those it exists to serve - young people.

November 28, 2021

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Older People

Newly formed collaboration involving a wide range of funders interested in supporting work with and for older people

November 28, 2021

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Children and Young People (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who are funding (or exploring the possibility of funding) work work with children and young people.

November 28, 2021

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Smaller Funders (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members giving less than £500,000 a year, or which are administered by one person on their own.

November 28, 2021

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Place-Based Learning (ACF Member Network)

For ACF members who fund and work in 'place', be it rural, city-wide, town or ward level.

November 28, 2021

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Scotland Funding Community and Learning Hub

Convening a group of funders, representatives of voluntary and community sector organisations and regulatory bodies to address the needs of Scottish voluntary organisations and the communities they serve.

November 28, 2021

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South Yorkshire Funders Group

Enabling funders to be better connected and informed, in order to boost their impact on South Yorkshire people and places.

November 28, 2021

Yorkshire and the Humber

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Wakefield District Funder’s Forum

Funders working together to develop cross-sector thinking and collaborative approaches to address the issues affecting communities in Wakefield District.

November 28, 2021

Yorkshire and the Humber

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National Advice Funders Network

Ensuring access to justice for vulnerable people, by supporting an effective, independent not-for-profit legal advice sector.

November 28, 2021

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Live Work Fund

Supporting artists and producers working with music and live performance to sustain their practice through Covid-19.

November 28, 2021

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