August 24, 2026
Ruth Davison, Grant Manager at SASC Trust, joins Alex Blake to talk through designing a grantmaking programme from scratch, with the first round still in progress.
INSIGHTS
June 24, 2026
Alex Jacobs, Director of the Joffe Trust, joins Alex Blake to talk through the practical mechanics of grantmaking at a specialist funder, from application design to board decisions to grantee relationships.
June 24, 2026
Sufina Ahmad, Director of the John Ellerman Foundation, on funding systemic change, unrestricted grants, and what makes an application stand out.
June 24, 2026
Jim McCormick, CEO of the Robertson Trust, joins Alex Blake to talk through how Scotland's largest independent grantmaker assesses applications, makes funding decisions, and is shifting towards unrestricted funding.
June 2, 2026
The latest in the Grantmaker Insights series. The words UK charities use most often to describe applying for funding in 2026 are challenging, exhausting, frustrating, demoralising. This collection looks at what funders themselves are saying about the gap between their stated values and actual practice — including IVAR's Funding Experience Survey 2026, honest reflections from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Henry Smith Foundation, and two practical resources for anyone who wants to go further.
May 19, 2026
What are funders thinking right now? Summaries and reflections from five recent UK grantmaking reports, articles and blogs — curated for charity fundraisers.
May 12, 2026
What are funders thinking right now? Summaries and reflections from five recent UK grantmaking reports, articles and blogs — curated for charity fundraisers.
April 24, 2026
What are funders thinking right now? Summaries and reflections from five recent UK grantmaking reports, articles and blogs — curated for charity fundraisers.
March 26, 2026
Webinar: How to Better Demonstrate Your Impact to Win Major Funding
February 6, 2026
November 7, 2025
July 4, 2025
Trust Fundraising Report: Bringing together fundraisers and grantmakers