Following the publication of our report ‘Looking beyond London:UK and international perspectives on place-based funding’, we invited a number of stakeholders to reflect on what working in place means to them and the lessons they’ve made along the way.In this blog, Lara Rufus-Fayemi, Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Manager at the London Borough of Newham shares how and why having a real commitment to learning about the place you operate inand respect for what is already there is so important.
For the final look back at our 2019 Review of Reviews, London Funder’s Helen Mathie reflects on what is still relevant to our ambitions for place based giving to create a stronger civil society.
In the fourth piece of our Reports Reloaded, Jon Tabbush (Researcher, Centre for London) reflects back on Centre for London's strategic review of giving in London and asks what has changed, three years (and a pandemic) later.
For this month’s learning blog, Malene Bratlie, London Funders’ Learning, Events and Networks Manager, reflects on the learning from our recent place based giving networking day, which brought together schemes from London and beyond
The Prime Minister asked Danny Kruger MP to develop some thinking around the future of civil society, learning from the response to the covid-19 pandemic. We were invited to share our thoughts at roundtable discussions last week, and have summarised below the three areas we focused on – all based on how we have seen funders from across sectors working collaboratively through the covid-19 pandemic.
Yesterday saw the launch of ‘Levelling up our communities’ – a policy paper written by Danny Kruger MP, containing proposals to sustain the community spirit the nation saw during lockdown. We were one of the 500+ organisations who fed back what we have learnt from the crisis, and in this blog, we’re looking at what he has said about our three specific recommendations on place-based giving, funder collaborations and flexible funding.
The past is constantly being reviewed and reinterpreted through the lens of the present. John Griffiths, the author of last year’s Review of Reviews looks back to see what we can still draw on from several pre-Covid strategies to inform our future planning for civil society’s recovery . . .
A blog from London Funders that asks: how do we build our civil society so that it is truly responsive to, reflective of, and a champion for people and communities in London?
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