London Funders Publications

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

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