Aims and activities
Aims and questions
Aims and activities
A group of funders formed a learning and action community to embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) throughout their work. Over two years, they built a body of practice which is now available for the whole sector to benefit from.
The DEI Coalition met regularly throughout 2020 and 2021, with the following objectives:
- Encouraging the sharing of DEI best practice and resources within foundations and more broadly to the philanthropic sector
- Enabling teams to develop expertise in this specialist area, with the support of others
- Enabling foundations to use a DEI lens in developing grant-making priorities or programme areas
- Empowering foundations to build a supportive organisational and inclusive culture that leads to effective grant-making, more inclusive systems and better representation
- Disseminating the latest research, evaluation, and data in relation to DEI as a tool for learning and impact across the foundation sector
- Providing a protected and safe space to discuss challenges, barriers and difficulties in the implementation of practice.
My hope is that other foundations will also be inspired to prioritise this work and see it as essential in ensuring we are effective funders, our grant-making reaches those most in need and we model the values and inclusion we expect from the sector
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How to get involved
Who's involved
Who was involved
Who was involved
The members of the DEI Coalition were: The Barrow Cadbury Trust, Lloyds Bank Foundation, City Bridge Trust, National Lottery Community Fund, BBC Children in Need, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Friends Provident Foundation, Quartet Community Foundation, Milton Keynes Community Foundation, Wiltshire Community Foundation, Surrey Community Foundation, Leeds Community Foundation, Two Ridings Community Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Comic Relief and Lankelly Chase.
Learning and Resources
The DEI Coalition met for the final time in December 2021, to reflect on their learning over the previous two years. As a legacy to the sector, they produced a report, 'Driving DEI - Reflections on implementing DEI changes within UK Grantmaking Foundations'.
All the resources used as part of the Coalition's learning programme can be accessed here. Except where stated otherwise, all materials are owned by Fozia Irfan.
