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Why We Must Involve Young People In Decision-Making

From the Youth Strikes 4 Climate movement, to the March for Our Lives and Global March against child labour, student-led, youth movements provide a powerful message that their future is too important to be entrusted to adults who have failed…
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New Job, new start!

Philippa Knott, The Blagrave Trust's new policy manager, shares her thoughts on her new role. Reflections on three months in post at Blagrave Trust. Looking ahead to the next year. I love my new job!…
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Can we make feedback the expected thing?

Edd Fry, Listening Fund Project Manager gives his thoughts on feedback practice within organisations. In early October, I was in Washington D.C. to attend the Feedback Summit, a two-day global gathering of funders and not-for-profit…
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Why don’t we have more young people on charity trustee boards?

In October 2017, we advertised for two new trustees under 25 years of age. We were looking to both expand and diversify our Board, whilst ensuring that our own practice mirrored our mission and values.  …
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Trusting in partnerships

My motivation for working for a funder is to bring benefit to the fantastic organisations and people supporting my local community. That’s why it is so depressing to read quotes like this: “Some (funders) …seem…
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