I have been in a few conversations with funders over the past couple of months which have gone something like this:
“I totally get that the climate crisis is an urgent concern … but I’m not entirely sure how it fits with the work we support “
In many ways, this is totally understandable. Foundations have their own unique charitable missions to pursue, the sheer variety of which underpin one of the sector’s most important roles; namely to help decentralise the production of social good and ultimately encourage a diverse and pluralistic civil society.
18 July 2019 Read the full article
ACF’s Stronger Foundations initiative aims to open challenging discussions about foundation practice and identify what it means to be a ‘stronger’ foundation. This blogcomes from Anna de Pulford, member of the working group on transparency and engagement.
11 July 2019 Read the full article
ACF has responded to HM Treasury’s consultation the transposition of the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive, which may have implications for charitable trusts.
13 June 2019 Read the full article
ACF staff and trustees were deeply saddened to hear about the death of Tessa Baring CBE. Tessa was Chair of ACF from 1994-97.
12 June 2019 Read the full article
We spoke to members about how they consider climate change in their work. The sixth article in this series comes from Jenny Field, Deputy Director, City Bridge Trust
10 June 2019 Read the full article
We spoke to members about how they consider climate change in their work. The fifth article in this series comes from Eva Rehse, Executive Director, Global Greengrants Fund UK
10 June 2019 Read the full article
There should be greater representation from funders in the development and governance of the charities SORP, according to an independent review published today by the UK's four charity regulators.
6 June 2019 Read the full article
