Does coproduction really empower people?

by blagravetrustadmin | Apr 30, 2019 | Listening

Mark Brown, Development Director of Social Spider CIC and writer in residence at the Centre for Mental Health, discusses the inequalities and empty promises that can arise when service users get involved in producing products and services. Coproduction is a word...

Does coproduction really empower people?

by blagravetrustadmin | Apr 30, 2019 | Listening

Mark Brown, Development Director of Social Spider CIC and writer in residence at the Centre for Mental Health, discusses the inequalities and empty promises that can arise when service users get involved in producing products and services. Coproduction is a word...

Shifting the power dynamic in funding

by blagravetrustadmin | Apr 23, 2019 | Listening

Max Rutherford, Head of Policy at the Association of Charitable Foundations, considers how the funding pot can create a power imbalance – and what foundations and others can do to change it. The collective assets of charitable foundations in the UK enable them to take...

Living Wage Grantee Survey 2019

by blagravetrustadmin | Apr 16, 2019 | News

We support the Living Wage Friendly Funder scheme which aims to end low pay in the Voluntary and Community Sector. The real Living Wage rate of £9.00 per hour throughout the UK except London, where the rate is £10.55. The Living Wage campaign wants to measure the...

Harnessing power for social change

by blagravetrustadmin | Apr 15, 2019 | Listening

The idea of relinquishing our power can be daunting. Raji Hunjan, Chief Executive of anti-poverty charity Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, considers how people in positions of power can learn to share more of their space, resource and control to increase equality and fairness....