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Ben Robinson

Opinion Ben Robinson and Imogen Martineau 19 February 2024

How small grants can empower local communities to tackle air pollution

Everyone deserves to have access to clean air. And yet, 99 percent of the world’s population still breathe air that is harmful and dirty. In the UK alone, it causes approximately 40,000 early deaths each …

Opinion Ben Robinson 17 August 2023

Are we learning the lessons on investing in communities?

The March UK budget left us with a tentative and rare sense of hope. Along with other charity sector partners, UKCF had been lobbying hard for additional support for struggling charities, and therefore welcomed the …