London Funders Publications

London Funders produces, share and acts on learning reports that can inform funder practice. Find out more below... 

Reflecting on our Festival of Learning

Our new booklet breaks down the insightful conversations, presentations and questions from the Festival.

London Community Response Learning Reports

Here's what we have learned so far...

A Strategy for Funding Immigration Advice in London

Our shared vision is a robust and sustainable immigration advice sector that meets the needs of all Londoners.

London Funders Brexit Briefing - Autumn 2020

During autumn 2020, London Funders convened five roundtable discussions on Brexit and the potential impact on London’s communities. 

After The Storm

A new report from London Funders looking at the future of funding. 

Brexit - A Briefing Note for Funders

During autumn 2019, London Funders convened five roundtable discussions on Brexit and the potential impact on London’s communities

Review of reviews

After the year of reviews, what might 2020 bring for London’s civil society?

To begin at the beginning - A funders response to serious youth violence...

‘To Begin at the Beginning’, explores where our membership is now on this issue and where we go next.

The Resilience of People in Community-facing Organisations: What’s the r...

Community-facing organisations have been reporting back to funders that increased pressure, complexity and demand is leading to concerns about the resilience of their staff and volunteers. This paper is our response to this issue.   

The Possible not the Perfect

We looked at key features and aspects of a range of funders’ grant-making responses to the Grenfell Tower fire, the London Bridge and Borough Market attacks and the Manchester Arena bomb. We found that across a number of the collaborative funds set up in response to the emergencies, funders...

Building Bridges: Bringing local authorities and independent funders int...

How to ensure that both local government and independent funders can become greater than the sum of their respective parts in supporting a healthy civil society. 

London Funders Governance Review

A governance review of the role and function of the London Funders Board but with a specific remit to consider conflicts of interest, accountability, transparency, independence and whether the right voices are in the room. 

2016 London Mayoral Election- Civil Society Policy Recommendations

London Funders documented the policy recommendations made by civil society organisations to the 2016 London mayoral candidates

Previous London Funders Publications

Pre 2013 publications in alphabetical order