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How should charities invest? Our submission to the Charity Commission
Read moreWe responded to the Charity Commission’s recent consultation on responsible investment guidance, making three key points: We support the shift away from “maximising financial returns” as the de facto goal of investment and call...
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CALL TO TENDER: Developing antiracist movement infrastructure in the UK
Read moreThis is a much needed and essential piece of work. You will be working in partnership with independent funders who are looking to commission a suitably qualified independent consultant or consultants to research and report on the infrastructure...
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Investing beyond the growth paradigm: How charity investors can shift investment practice into humanity’s safe and just operating space.
Read moreIncreasing numbers of citizens, cities and countries are building alternatives to a model which has had its day. From Wales to Amsterdam and Costa Rica, people are recognising that our approach to economic growth is incompatible with a...
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We’re hiring! Office and Admin Assistant (FT)
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Our vision is a world of justice, healing and liberation, where all people can live with dignity and opportunity in supportive communities. We are now seeking an additional colleague to support our small yet passionate and dedicated team in...
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Three steps towards dismantling systemic racism
Read moreAfter a tumultuous 2020, marked by the disproportionate impacts of Covid-19 on racially minoritised populations and the murder of George Floyd, we have been reminded how racism shows up in painful, sometimes deadly ways. However, these...
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Transparency can transform the impact of our investments
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At the ACF’s 2019 conference, ‘Funding on a finite planet’, its Chief Executive predicted increasing scrutiny of foundations’ choices in the context of climate breakdown and declining institutional trust. In particular, she asked whether...
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Investor action on free school meals
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More than 1.9 million UK children did not have enough food during 2020 and 30% of adults are concerned that they will not be able to provide for themselves or their family, according to the Trussell Trust and Social Market Foundation. Images...
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Charities support an upgrade of responsible investment guidance
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We are among 12 charities which have written to the Charity Commission to support its review of responsible investment practices in the sector, and encourage it to progress a landmark legal case on trustee investment duties. This follows our...
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An update on our place-based work
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Northumbria University Learning Synthesis Report Northumbria University has produced a Learning Synthesis from their findings on the Place Action Inquiry drawing on data collected over the last 2 years. The content of the report acts as a...
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Transforming Lankelly Chase’s governance … so that we can do what we need to do properly
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Two years ago we acknowledged publicly that we didn’t know what effective governance at Lankelly Chase should look like. In particular, we were struggling to give our Board a clear enough picture of our relationship with – and effect on –...
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