Recent Blog Posts

Why Work With Values Aligned Partners?

SPEAK OUT! Don’t Be Silenced: A Message to Funders and Larger Institutions

In the room at the Speak Out event, a large projected screen is infront of a busy seated audience

Five Years Into Microgranting: The Importance of Funding Youth Climate Activism

How to Build a Social Innovation Framework: Lessons From Our Intern

A Social Innovation Framework is simply a step-by-step guide that gives you the questions you need to move a new idea forward, especially when you’re trying to address a social challenge.
The SCN team, stood in a park in London, all smiling after a team picnic

Other Articles

An Interview with Aimee – Our Head of Community and Impact

We were SO lucky when Aimee joined us to cover the role of Head of Programmes, so lucky we just couldn't let her leave!
Aimee smiling with a bike helmet on

Audible’s Future Stories Fund 2025

The Future Stories Fund is coming to the West Midlands

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.