Thirty Percy Foundation

✨New blog post ✨ We’re in the second week of our current six week sprint. This time focusing on the ‘behind-the-scenes’ changemakers. It's not just about having the right skills – it’s also about understanding the multitude of challenges that movement leaders, activists, and community organisations face. https://lnkd.in/eqDdewny

I could not be more proud to finally share that the work Thirty Percy Foundation, and the facilitation I delivered in collaboration with them has been awarded a Facilitation Impact Award from International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Facilitation is often the part of a process that no one sees. Like a stage manager, success for a facilitator is supporting the group to make things happen, centring them at every point, trusting the process and the wisdom of the group. Often you don’t see it or know it’s there. This award not only makes this work visible, but also highlights the incredible work Thirty Percy Foundation has done. Breaking boundaries and challenging the funding and philanthropy sector to do better, not with words but with action and evidence. Changemakers deserve the bravery that this process required. I will always be grateful to have been able to work on such an important project with a team that put their trust in me, not only with the process to distribute £1 million in funding to incredible Change makers, but also saying yes to silent discos, children's birthday parties and being at the edge of what can be possible. Thank you. https://lnkd.in/ea3ijXek #facilitationhasimpact #facilitation #change #impact #Charity #Funder #Philanthropy #Changemaker #innovation #FacilitationFriday #LEGO #LEGOSeriousPlay #RepresentationMatters #InclusiveDesign #InnovativeThinking #CreativeSolutions

🌟New Blog 🌟 Investing in community organisations in different ways can be transformative. Our support for FVAF - Forest Voluntary Action Forum shows how core funding and targeted legal assistance can unlock long-term sustainability and impact.   https://lnkd.in/eAG7NT6y

✨ *New Blog!* ✨   We’ve been reflecting on the lessons from our planned Funder Design Sprint, why it didn’t happen, and what it reveals about the challenges faced when wanting to try something different in the funding sector. Plus, insights from our own journey at Thirty Percy.  🔗 Read more https://lnkd.in/eUrD5Cj8

Welcome to Lewis Reynolds' final blog in the series about their experience of being a 2027 associate at Thirty Percy. Happy to still have you part of the team . Late September 2024, just shy of a year working at Thirty Percy. Now days away from becoming a new parent. As I sit here, reflecting on everything that has unfolded over the past year, it feels like the blink of an eye and a lifetime all at once. This year has been a whirlwind of growth, challenges, and deep personal and professional transformation. With just days left until I embark on the new journey of parenthood, it seems fitting to pause and take stock of what this year has meant to me… https://lnkd.in/eYQZ6QQQ 2027 Koreo

Calling fellow funders! Join us for a transformative design sprint to challenge and disrupt the entrenched structures that have allowed systemic racism to persist. Recent events have shown how quickly energy can shift, and now is the time to apply that urgency to create lasting change. This event will focus on practical steps we can take to deepen our practice of responsive action and tackle the bigger structural challenges within our organisations. Let’s work together to make a real impact—starting with ourselves and the influence we can have. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the solution. Find our more: https://lnkd.in/extku9xP #PhilanthropyForChange #ActNow

This call to action is something all of the funding sector needs to take seriously. The structural and positional power we hold as funding organisations means it is imperative that we play our part in stamping out the root causes of the violence and injustice we’re seeing. Recognising the role funders play in perpetuating these dynamics, the work we need to do around whiteness as part of this, and the unique role we have to invest and resource the future we want to see. Grateful to Bonnie Chiu for the courage in opening this conversation, recognising the energy and labour it takes to do this. We have some ideas about what our contribution should be and will be reaching out to our fellow funders over the coming days.

At CIVIC SQUARE we are hiring for two important roles. Could these be right for you or someone you know? Joining us in 2024, and you will find a team taking a deep and focused approach to our neighbourhood system demonstrators, as we continue to step into and learn about the capabilities, relationships and postures required for this scale of ambition. As the #ExecutiveOrganisingAdministrator and you will join us as part of an agile operational, administrative and executive core function that supports our legal stewards, strategic mission and organisation to thrive, working closely with a senior leadership team to manifest a bold, ambitious vision together. This is an administrative and operational role as part of the CIVIC SQUARE core functions to support key legal stewards in their roles, the strategic mission and organisation to thrive. It seeks to consolidate what we have learnt well from other roles in the first five years of CIVIC SQUARE, and what is required now in this critical next phase of our collective work. APPLY: https://lnkd.in/eY7fHAUa As the new #FinancialSystemsLead, you will be ready to collaboratively steward, iterate and socialise regenerative, distributive-by-design financial systems, as part of the underlying conditions for an ambitious capital project where many kinds of value are generated and shared, you could be the Financial Systems Lead we're looking for. This is a role which supports all mission areas of CIVIC SQUARE, but notably forms part of the Executive Organising function of the organisation, as well as playing a key role in the health and pace of what is required to manifest the Neighbourhood Public Square demonstrator as we move into an incredibly bold, ambitious and meticulous phase along the journey. APPLY: https://lnkd.in/ebpd4P3r Both roles require communication, collaboration and deep care for a mission far bigger than CIVIC SQUARE, and our beautiful neighbourhood and the many we work alongside. We look forward to meeting you over the next few months, please do share far and wide across your network. #CIVICSQUARE #Hiring #Birmingham Dark Matter Labs, Alasdair McGill, Ashton McGill, Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), Indy Johar, Annette Dhami, Emily Harris, FCA

They’re called the Thirty Percy Foundation. And they’re turning philanthropy on its head. They’re developing a new model that funds people rather than projects to create expanding ripples of social and environmental change. And it was these ripples that inspired the new identity system we created, designed as a visualisation of their goal: Transforming philanthropy from the inside out. We developed a dynamic logo system to show that giving is not ‘one size fits all’ and builds on their quietly rebellious and unexpected approach within their sector. Big thanks to Louisa Mann , Diana Clarke, Louise Armstrong and Jon Mowll for embracing the branding process!

Reminder that the closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 29 July