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Covid-19: What can funders learn from previous emergency responses?

In 2018, IVAR and London Funders published a report looking at the key features of funders’ grant-making responses to the Grenfell Tower fire, the London Bridge and Borough Market attacks, and the Manchester Arena bomb.

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Responding to the problem of low pay in the charity sector

The London Community Foundation’s experience of being a Living Wage Funder

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The Resilience of People in Community-facing Organisations: What’s the role of funders?

In this report we propose a shared goal for funders, Trustees, managers and workers: community facing organisations in which staff and volunteers are resilient.

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The Possible not the Perfect

London Funders commissioned IVAR to look 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 stepped outside their normal practices in a range of different ways.

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Building Bridges: Bringing local authorities and independent funders into dialogue

This report looks at the role of two key players – independent funders who are at the core of civil society and local government – and argues they need to come into much closer dialogue.

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The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead is a joint initiative by civil society, public sector bodies and funders. The ultimate goals of the Way Ahead are a thriving civil society which is resilient, collaborative and sustainable and which will lead to improved outcomes for Londoners.

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