Recent Blog Posts

A Week in Oxford: What Resonated at Marmalade Festival

An image showing the Oxford Scenery

Rethinking Funding: Why Put Your Trust in Place-Based Groups

How local voices can be brought into decision-making, what it means to fund work that is rooted in communities, and why the impact of this work often reaches far beyond what is easy to measure.

What Do Art Groups Teach Us About Funding for Impact?

The Streets and Alleys of San Francisco

Esther with 3 other conference attendees, stood smiling on a rooftop overlooking the bay

Other Articles

Risky Business at Marmalade

On Wednesay 2nd of April 2025 we ran our event “Risky Business?: An event for funders to explore risk in funding” at Marmalade, the fringe festival happening in Oxford every year during Skoll World Forum.

BRINGING THE SYSTEM – The role of fiscal hosting in place work

People shouldn't have to come to where the system lives, we should bring the system to them

The 3 Biggest Myths About Funding Grassroots Movements (And Why They’re Wrong)

Many funders want to support grassroots movements, lived experience leaders, and community-led initiatives, but long-standing myths often hold them back.

Wandering the Eerie Path to Incorporation: A Halloween Guide for Grassroots Movements and Community Groups

The idea of incorporating can feel a bit... scary.

Flying the Nest: How Faith and VAWG Became A Legally-Registered Charity

A conversation with Huda Jawad from the Faith and VAWG Coalition.

Ref/use Lab: Shifting the Dial on Waste and the Circular Economy

A conversation with Becky Whittle from Ref/use Lab.