To celebrate 25 years, we're looking back at London Funders' archive of reports and think pieces. What has changed? What remains relevant? How can we build on past lessons and analysis to inform the future of funding?To gain different perspectives on the reports, we’ve been asking several key funders and stakeholders to reflect back to see what learning still applies and how funders can move forward together to tackle key issues facing London ‘post’-pandemic. In this piece, we asked Dame Julia Unwin to reflect on the inquiry she chaired into the future of civil society back in 2018 and share lessons on the good, the bad and the ugly in the years that followed the inquiry.