Institute For Voluntary Action Research

🎙️ Listening and Learning Together podcast: Episode 2 - How is long-term funding a two-way win (for charities and funders)? How is the dominance of short-term grants getting in the way of charities delivering the best possible service for their communities? Charities are calling out for revisions to the way in which funding is given, in order to enable them to do their best work and multi-year funding provides a vital alternative in the funding mix. In this episode of Listening and Learning Together, IVAR’s Director Ben Cairns is joined by Co-op Foundation’s Charlotte Wilson, Emma Goldthorpe of the Eric Wright Charitable Trust and Lindsay Oliver, Founder of New Beginnings Peer Support. They discuss the negative impacts upon charities and their beneficiaries of working for repeated short-term bids and share consensus on: 🔹 How multi-year funding can improve security, retention and wellbeing of quality staff, whilst allowing smaller charities to grow more, gather powerful data and respond flexibly to emerging needs. 🔹 How multi-year models can help improve relationships throughout the chain, from communications with the funder all the way through to beneficiaries, building trust that charities will be there to support their causes long term. 🤔 So what are the barriers to increasing multi-year funding and how can we move forward collectively? Listen to the episode in full here 🔗 https://buff.ly/40ibk0m You can also download on Spotify for Android devices or Apple Podcasts for Apple users. With thanks to our producers Podcast Pioneers Dr. Charlotte (Ball) Wilson

After an amazing 7.5 years, our brilliant Deputy Director Emily Dyson is joining the team of our friends and partners 360Giving. We wish her all the best!

After an amazing 7.5 years, our brilliant Deputy Director Emily Dyson is joining the team of our friends and partners 360Giving. We wish her all the best!

🆕 blog: What does trusting your grantees really mean? In the first of a new series of blogs and podcasts we hear from Sheila Jane Malley, Trustee at Co-op Foundation and Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls about the move by many funders towards an open and trusting approach. In this blog Sheila talks about the opportunities an open and trusting approach brings to funders and the relationship it builds between funders and grantees. Thought-provoking questions are asked about what work is aligned to your purpose as a funder, what is likely to succeed and what will make an impact. We would love to hear your thoughts 🤔 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eV-tWBpy

This month's Member Spotlight turned to member the Texel Foundation - the philanthropic arm of The Texel Group. We spoke to them about their Staff Support and Development Fund which aims to support frontline charity staff, how becoming a member of Institute For Voluntary Action Research's Open and Trusting grant making community has improved how they work with charities, as well as how our Small Funders Network has allowed them to connect with other small funders. The full Q+A can be read here ➡ https://lnkd.in/et2NkBVf At London Funders, one way in which we support our members to be more effective, joined-up and informed in their funding practices is through our thematic member-led networks; from Housing and Homelessness to Research and Evaluation, to Small Funders - each providing an opportunity for members with similar focuses to come together, connect and learn from each other. You can find out more about the different ways we connect and support our membership here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eDHF2gyY

Worth a read for those funding (or fundraising for) environmental/climate issues - this new report from EfN really aligns with the importance of an Open and Trusting approach to grant-making

📢 We're recruiting! We have an exciting opportunity to join IVAR as Deputy Director of Research. If you or anyone you know has the skills to join our team and make your mark on a range of research projects, then we want to hear from you. This role gives the opportunity to: 🔸 Work closely with the Director of Research to support quality assurance, the development of research practice and the maintenance of ethical standards. 🔸 Support the continuous improvement of writing and research communications. 🔸 Help with the identification and development of new work and partnerships. ...and much more! The deadline for applications is midday on Monday 28th October 2024 🔗 For full details and how to apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/eVgwKfyb #researchjob #hiring #charityjob #researcherjob #charityrecruitment

💡 In case you missed it: Time to end the dominance of short-term grants. Following on in our theme of an Open & Trusting approach to grant-making, we want to reshare a paper released earlier this year about the case for multi-year funding. Our evidence review demonstrates that short-term grants have not earned their place as the dominant model and may support funders to have conversations with their boards about longer-term funding. In this paper, we look at: • What the research says about the benefits such funding delivers • The progress being made on increasing the availability of multi-year funding • Reflections on how best to overcome some of the barriers to this. Read the full report here https://lnkd.in/e8JuRNiy

Exciting role with our friends Yorkshire Funders ⬇️⬇️⬇️

How can we make the most of shared resources in a context of increasing need and limited funding?   🆕 materials for public agency grant-makers on how to implement an Open and Trusting approach – to improve efficiency, relationships and impact.   Please help us share these far and wide to support those working in grant-making across the public sector – in councils, NHS organisations and beyond   Find out more about the Open and Trusting approach to grant-making and read case studies from those who have already put it in practice by visiting https://buff.ly/3XI0SMy