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De-mystifying systems change
‘Systems change’ is a term that is heard a lot in the charity sector right now, and that’s a good thing because it’s a powerful way of seeing the world. That social problems are systemic in nature feels intuitively right to anyone who’s spent time working at the sharp end of the sector. From homelessness to re-offending, these issues go beyond individual’s behaviour to the network of cause and effect in which they are embedded. …
Opinion
Migration in Europe: civil society is shifting the debate
In 2015 when the conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq contributed to more than one million men, women and children seeking sanctuary on the south eastern shores of the European Union, their arrival overlapped with existing tensions over the economy and the impact of austerity policies. Right-wing populist parties and far right movements across Europe seized the opportunity to trade on fears over migration, but mainstream politicians have also used the issue to their own …
Practical advice
What’s your ‘secret weapon’ in philanthropy?
Free yourself from the daily grind and support your best work. Keeping up with board meetings, grant applications, new partnerships, …
Opinion
Building partnerships and pooling resources for development
Funding resources are a crucial part of the work that Gram Vikas is able to do among rural communities. Over …
Opinion
We need to work together to achieve gender equality
Let’s take a moment and imagine that the global fight for women’s equality is taking place in a single corporate …
Practical advice
The world is unpredictable, funder-grantee relationships don’t have to be
In an analysis of over 100 real-life examples of ‘what goes wrong’ for nonprofits during project implementation, the most common …
Opinion
Room to breathe – the value of thinking space for small charities
I spend a lot of time listening to small charity CEOs as programme manager for CAF Resilience, a pilot initiative …
Practical advice
It’s not a game of choices
BuySocial currently markets itself as ‘aiming to build markets for social enterprises among the general public and private and public …
Practical advice
Bringing the joy back to your philanthropy
Here are five steps you can take to rekindle your love of philanthropy. Renew the spark that set you on …
Analysis
Reflections on the first year of BUILD
In 2016 I joined the Ford Foundation as its first BUILD director, to lead a new six-year, $1 billion initiative to help …
Practical advice
The greatest marketing strategy for 2019
It’s simple. It’s one single word. Transparency. On the back on an economic crisis in 2008, suspicion and dubiety has …