There is a contribution that only trusts and foundations can make in rising to the challenges of the climate & nature emergency, whatever their mission or expertise. Explore this with Nick Addington of William Grant Foundation at the #ACFLeadersForum24. Find out more: lnkd.in/eNfQctzP

Have your say on the new Charity Investment Governance Principles (CIGP) designed to help trustees and staff tackle challenges relating to charity investment governance. English: surveymonkey.com/r/CIPGENGSurv. Welsh: surveymonkey.com/r/CIPGWALSurv. The consultation closes on 7 August.

Really excited to be adding more case studies to our growing collection for ACF members, this time on the vital topic of strategy and governance

Meet the DCMS ministerial team supporting Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy MP Minister for Creative Industries, Arts, and Tourism Chris Bryant Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth Stephanie Peacock MP Minister for Gambling Fiona Twycross

Just in time for the incredible Flow Country to gain UNESCO world heritage status - and locking away twice the amount of carbon contained in all of Britain’s woodlands 😮bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Happy 10 year anniversary to the wonderful revamped Saughton Park - thank you Friends Saughton for putting on a special celebration and forever grateful for this amazing place 🥰

We’re delighted to announce Halima Khan will be joining us as our new Chief Executive, starting November 2024. Halima brings a wealth of experience in grant-making, government and the social sector and we look forward to having her join the team. phf.org.uk/news-and-publi…

Always good to see funders sharing their learning when things don't quite go to plan. ACF members can read more about Co-op Foundation's learning from their experience of developing a theory of change under 'Impact and Learning' case studies acf.org.uk/acf/ACF/Resear…

A fantastic opportunity from ACF member Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - particuarly the opportunity to work on such important programme priorities

The list of funded projects is online here corra.scot/grants/support… “The funded services provide vital support to birth mums and dads. The relational, compassionate support the organisations provide means birth parents feel safe, valued and cared for.” - Carolyn Sawers, Corra CEO

Great to see Civil Society picking up on foundations' responses to the recent racist riots (civilsociety.co.uk/news/foundatio…), including from ACF's Jim Cooke's blog, which you can find in full here: acf.org.uk/ACF/Blog/2024/…

Following the riots, a group of funders are coming together to focus on understanding and funding against systemic racism. The next meeting is on 5 Sept, online. For any grant-makers who would like to join this discussion, details are here 👇 funderscollaborativehub.org.uk/events/focus-o…

A great lunchtime ready about how William Grant Foundation are demonstrating a number of Stronger Foundations principles in their grant-making. ACF members can read a case study on the foundation's feedback system here: acf.org.uk/ACF/Research-a…

📣 Fund alert Corra Foundation #HenryDuncanGrants is opening Wednesday 4 September Our #RacialEquity commitments ⬇️ 50% of the fund is ringfenced for women led Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic orgs supporting women & girls in their communities Info sessions ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2vfbvdv9

Our new issue on #tax and #philanthropy includes voices engaged in the tax justice movement, tax and cross-border philanthropy and tax discourse from a global south viewpoint. Guest edited by Marlen Engelhorn taxmenow 👇 alliancemagazine.org/magazine/issue…

Helpful 🧵on the NI PfG from PivotalPPF. Will await next week's published doc with interest; hoping that it maintains the overall outcome-based approach which previous NI Executives aspired to.

Are you an ACF member putting the pillars of #StrongerFoundations on #DEI into practice? We’d love to hear about your work and commitments, and share them with others through a case study. Contact [email protected] to find out more. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion

From Black Lives Matter to the racist riots - how can funders tackle institutional racism and support the sector? Funders are invited to join FREAlliance for this online event, tomorrow (12 Sept), 13:00-15:00. Register in advance here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Watch David Lammy’s speech on the climate and nature crisis, live on LinkedIn now: linkedin.com/video/live/urn…

Great discussion on funder collaboration at ACF Leaders Forum this week. "It takes time, effort, resources and very careful management... But it’s worth it. Good collaboration can lead to an impact far greater than the sum of its parts.” thirdsector.co.uk/charities-ofte…