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At London Funders we’ve put this into practice over the years, to test, support and understand how collaboration can work in practice. Each one of these collaborations has happened because community groups and funders have come together, pooling their knowledge, funding and experience. We worked with funders to distribute £4.7m in response to the Grenfell Tower fire, £58.7m through the London Community Response to covid-19, and now £100m through Propel, an ambitious ten year funding programme. We've also supported a growing movement of place based giving across the city, and brought funders and partners together to collaborate on issues from immigration advice to due diligence.
But alongside these programmes, collaboration is also about our day to day work and the culture we want to create as a movement of funders. It’s about building connections and networks together, so we can better share learning, practice and opportunities to do things differently. Collaboration takes many forms, so from our regular member led networks and local forums, to our longer term programmes, we want to put it at the heart of our work.
The good news is that our members agree: in our most recent member audit 95% want to collaborate with other funders, and over 80% are already doing this through things like local partnerships, co-funding, and other joint approaches. If you want to share what you’re doing or would like to speak to us about collaborating with other funders, please get in touch.
You can read more about some of our current collaborations on this section of the website, with more resources to explore on our learning pages.