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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨 ICYMI: we're currently hiring a Learning and Projects Coordinator.

If you're interested in joining the team, please check out the full details below. Applications close on Tuesday 26 August!

London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 21

💡We're hiring!

We're looking for a Learning and Projects Coordinator, to provide high quality project and logistics support across our learning, events and communications programmes

Find out more here: londonfunders.org.uk/latest/jobs/...

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CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology @techforgoodcast.bsky.social · Aug 11

🧪 Five ways funders are experimenting with AI.

Ellen Smyth takes a look at five ways in which funders are using AI, with content from @londonfunders.bsky.social, @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk, @healthfoundation.bsky.social, the Masonic Charitable Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 6

In our latest blog, our Programme Development Manager Daniel, shares the latest on our due diligence work and the progress we’ve made this year.

Read here: londonfunders.org.uk/latest/news/...

London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 6

In an effort to streamline the mechanics of grant making we have been developing a shared approach to due diligence–the risk assessment aspect of funding, determining whether an organisation can responsibly hold, manage, and spend a grant.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 6

It is estimated that it costs civil society of £900m per year to apply for funding. Large organisations spend around 5% of their resources on fundraising, whilst for small and equity-led organisations it can be closer to 20%.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’re really excited for the networks to resume in the Autumn, and members can check out what’s coming up on our website here - londonfunders.org.uk/latest/events

Events | London Funders

Open to all members, our events offer time for discussion, exchange of ideas and action. Check out upcoming dates below and details about how to sign up. We hope to see you there!

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

3️⃣ Making space for learning and intelligence sharing helps us to better as funders.

In the words of Texel Foundation, member-led networks help funders to ‘learn from and alongside others’, opening us up to ‘what we can do better’.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

2️⃣ Collaborating across private foundations, public agencies and corporate partners can maximise our impact as funders.

Whether it’s providing high-quality advice, tackling homelessness or addressing health inequalities, our member-led networks have shown us the power of collaboration.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

1️⃣ Data and insights can be helpful to frame funders’ strategic priorities, but this must be matched by expertise from our charity and community partners.

They are at the heart of the communities we support – this is a key tenet of equitable approaches to funding.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

Bringing funders together to share learning, exchange insights, and collaborate is at the heart of what we do at London Funders.

We wrapped up our latest series of member-led network meetings earlier this month, and want to share some of our key reflections from the last 6 months:

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’re really excited for the networks to resume in the Autumn, and members can check out what’s coming up on our website here - londonfunders.org.uk/latest/events

Events | London Funders

Open to all members, our events offer time for discussion, exchange of ideas and action. Check out upcoming dates below and details about how to sign up. We hope to see you there!

londonfunders.org.uk

London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

3️⃣ Making space for learning and intelligence sharing helps us to better as funders.

In the words of Texel Foundation, member-led networks help funders to ‘learn from and alongside others’, opening us up to ‘what we can do better’.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

2️⃣ Collaborating across private foundations, public agencies and corporate partners can maximise our impact as funders.

Whether it’s providing high-quality advice, tackling homelessness or addressing health inequalities, our member-led networks have shown us the power of collaboration.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

1️⃣ Data and insights can be helpful to frame funders’ strategic priorities, but this must be matched by expertise from our charity and community partners.

They are at the heart of the communities we support – this is a key tenet of equitable approaches to funding.

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 29

Join us at tomorrow's insight meeting where we'll be discussing the pressures currently facing the city's community spaces, who is being most affected, and what funders can do to protect access to community spaces

Members sign up here: londonfunders.org.uk/latest/event...

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NCVO @ncvo.bsky.social · Jul 18

Yesterday the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, launched the Civil Society Covenant, a new way of working in partnership with civil society organisations.

Read our latest piece for an outline of what it is, and what it means for charities: www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-ins...

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 21

💡We're hiring!

We're looking for a Learning and Projects Coordinator, to provide high quality project and logistics support across our learning, events and communications programmes

Find out more here: londonfunders.org.uk/latest/jobs/...

London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 17

Ready to join our movement?

With 150+ members from public sector funders to Lottery distributors and independent foundations, we're the only cross-sector network for funders and investors in London’s civil society

Read more about our member benefits 👉 londonfunders.org.uk/join-us/why-...

London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ready for a new challenge? 💭

Head to our jobs board for the latest opportunities from our friends and members across the sector

✒️ londonfunders.org.uk/latest/jobs

London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 10

At its core, this project is about building a robust, practical framework of equitable processes and systems that will support not just future work within the Collaboration Circle, but which can spark wider change across the funding world 🌍

Find out more here: londonfunders.org.uk/latest/news/...

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

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…

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 10

Equity in Every Step will sit at the heart of the Collaboration Circle, a space we launched last year for funders and civil society to come together to design and making funding decisions collectively 🤝

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 We're extremely pleased to announce our latest development project, Equity in Every Step

Supported by @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk, the project will help to shape a more just, equitable approach to grant making across the entire grant lifecycle 🔄

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 9

As part of our learning focus on place, we sat down with our Director of the Place Based Giving Resource Hub to discuss the new vision for place based giving in the capital, and what her first year in post has taught her about working in place

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 9

Last year, we launched the Place Based Giving Resource Hub to strengthen local giving schemes across London, supported by @citybridgefndn.bsky.social 🌆 🌿

A year on, and the network at the heart of this movement has agreed a shared vision for place based giving in London 🙌

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London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social · Jul 8

Join us at our insight meeting where we'll be discussing the pressures currently facing the city's community spaces, who is being most affected, and what funders can do to protect access to community spaces and premises 🏘️

Members can sign up here 👉 londonfunders.org.uk/latest/event...