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Equity and Justice Infrastructure Mapping

In November 2025 we shared findings from our work to map funding for equity & justice infrastructure across the UK. You can read more about it here and access the different resources we produced as part of this project.

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Mapping the Missing Infrastructure for Equity and Justice

As we publish the findings from our mapping of funding for equity and justice infrastructure, we highlight the key insights and why investment in this support matters more than ever.

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Commitment, curiosity & collaboration - your thoughts on our future work

Over recent weeks, I’ve had lots of conversations with members about next week’s General Meeting that have reminded me why I love this movement so much – whether you’ve emailed your thoughts, jumped on a Zoom or met for a coffee, thank you. Your commitment to our city and our communities, your curiosity about how we can be stronger together, and your constructive ideas for how we can make the most of the opportunity of the proposed changes to our governing document have been truly inspiring. Ahead of the meeting, I’m sharing some of the highlights from these conversations to encourage more of this reflection – do keep the ideas coming!

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Building equity through infrastructure: reflections from my time at London Funders

By Patience OtooThis summer, I had the opportunity to join London Funders through the 10,000 Black Interns programme. Over six weeks, I was able to work closely with the team, contribute to projects at the heart of London’s funding landscape, and learn more about the role funders play in strengthening communities across the city. My time at London Funders has been filled with a balance of research, team meetings, and sector-wide events, and I leave with both practical experience and deeper insight into how equity and collaboration can drive meaningful change.

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From Hong Kong to London: five things we’ve learned this week

This week’s AVPN conference brought together hundreds of philanthropic, impact investment, civil society, government and corporate bodies from across the world. Our CEO James Banks shares some of his reflections from a packed three days in Hong Kong and asks what this means for funders across our network

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Q&A with Runnymede Trust: Power, place and building community ecosystems

As part of our learning programme on place, we spoke with Erel Onojobi from the Runnymede Trust about their Power to Prosper programme, which is rooted in four areas across England that are challenging the racialised nature of poverty and debt, while supporting grassroots organisations to build power through community organising and asset ownership.Erel shared her reflections on why relationships matter more than data when working in place, why funding ecosystems over partnerships can unlock deeper collaboration in local areas and more.

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Equity in Every Step: our new project to embed equitable funding practice

We’re excited to share a new development project that will help shape a more just, equitable approach to grantmaking across the entire grant lifecycle — from outreach and application to decision-making, grant management, learning, and closure.

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What our latest member audit tells about the state of funding in London

Alongside our work with UKGrantmaking, our bi-annual Member Audit helps us build a picture of London’s dynamic funding landscape. Through this survey, we ask members to share their funding activities and reflections on how their funding help to build a fairer, greener, and more equitable city.

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Mapping Equity and Justice Infrastructure: the UK-wide phase

Last year, we embarked on a project to map the current state of funding for equity and justice infrastructure. While some efforts have been made to better evidence the scale and funding of more generic forms of infrastructure support, we still lack understanding about the specialist infrastructure sector specifically for equity and justice organisations. This project will improve our understanding of the current funding position of the sector and the needs they are seeking to address. 

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What does it take to fund systems change?

Over the last six months, London Funders’ learning programme has focused on what it takes to fund and support systemic change. This followed our 2024 annual Festival of Learning where over 900 people from across London Funders’ membership came together to share, challenge, and be inspired by colleagues and changemakers from across the capital and beyond. What emerged from the Festival was a strong desire from funders to support real change for London’s communities.

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Mapping funding equity and justice infrastructure: what we've learnt so far

Last year, London Funders embarked on a new piece of work with funders and equity partners to map the current state of funding for equity and justice infrastructure. Over the past six months, we have reviewed existing literature, analysed existing datasets, and talked to a range of stakeholders.

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What Propel is teaching us about funding change and changing funding

As part of our ongoing learning programme on what it takes to fund and support systems change, we’re reflecting on what Propel – the long term funder collaboration coordinated by London Funders – is teaching us about funding change as well as changing the funding system.

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