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What are some of the key categories/areas you fund?
Our new strategy launched in June 2025, focuses on supporting people through three key life transitions:
- Getting started – supporting families to give their young children a strong start
- Building independence – helping young people move into adulthood with confidence, skills and hope
- Safer futures – supporting people to rebuild their lives after abuse, displacement or prison.
These transitions are moments when the right support can prevent harm and unlock opportunity, shaping whether someone feels safe, connected and able to move forward, or faces greater risk and fewer choices.
In each funding priority, we run grant funds with clear aims and criteria. This summer, we launched three new funds; Together We Begin, Shout! And the Domestic Abuse Fund - one in each key priority area.
We’re excited about the quality of the applications we’re receiving so far and will be launching more funds in 2026.
What’s something exciting/innovative that you’re currently working on?
We are currently working on a strategy that looks at how we can bring our volunteers, as well as other funders, grant holders and partners together to share best practice, learnings and share resources across the sector. It’s in its early stages – but we’re excited to see how we can add value to the sector beyond funding.
What’s one piece of learning/insight that you’d like to share with other London Funders’ members?
During our recent rebrand and strategy launch, we learned that it’s ok to question the way we’ve historically operated and learn together as we develop our work. Reaching out to other funders and those operating outside our sector for their perspectives has been invaluable in this. Our advice? Don’t be afraid to lean on your networks, collaborate and share learning – getting it wrong and learning from doing is all part of the process. Doing this has ensured that we can uphold our values of being Forward-thinking, Catalysts for Change, Relationship-centred - and Always learning.
What do you value most about being a part of London Funders?
Being part of a network that champions collaboration is invaluable. As funders, we can pool our knowledge across sectors to increase impact where it matters most.
Looking ahead, share one thing that is on your radar. What should we prioritise as a network of funders?
We’re interested in how we as funders can bring people together, and how we can do this more intentionally to increase impact and facilitate learning.
There’s potential in creating spaces that go beyond funding relationships: information exchange for learning, fostering deeper collaboration, shared problem-solving, and collective action. This includes thinking about how we bring in and centre voices from funded organisations and communities with lived experiences of the issues we work to address. Strengthening this area could help us tackle emerging issues faster, share intelligence effectively, and build a more resilient funding ecosystem.
What’s an issue or area you’d like to discuss with other members?
We’d love to discuss how funders are approaching communications and narrative change, especially in relation to public perceptions of poverty, migration, and racial justice. How can we align our messaging and amplify the voices of those with lived experience, while also navigating the increasingly polarised media and political landscape? Sharing strategies and lessons learned could help us all be more effective in shaping public discourse.
Connect with us about:
- Rebranding
- Digital transformation
- Strategy development
- Sharing best practice
- Innovation in grant making
The Member Spotlight is taken from our monthly member-exclusive newsletter, the Member Memo. The newsletter contains targeted information about upcoming events and updates from across the membership, with opportunities to connect and collaborate with other members. If you are a London Funders' member and would like to sign up, please email nasyah.bandoh@londonfunders.org.uk.