The Foundation Practice Rating  is proud to celebrate the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day by joining together with Recite Me to raise awareness of the importance of digital inclusion.  Thursday the 19th of May, marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day,...

      The Importance of Inclusive Communications Diversity is one of the three pillars of the Foundation Practice Rating.  Within this pillar is accessibility. What is accessibility? Accessibility is the "ability to access" and benefit from a system. It...

Who is this blog for: This blog is for trustees of charitable foundations. On the 10th May we delivered a presentation as part of the London Funders’ Festival of Learning. This presentation focused on what foundations’ trustees can do to improve practice on...

Deep and meaningful reform to UK grant-making is within reach. Reform that resets the power balance between funders, charities and communities. And reform that reduces wasted time, effort and stress for all those involved. Our 10 organisations and initiatives are...

  The Blagrave Trust were delighted to be one of three out of 100 Foundations to receive an A rating from the Foundation Practice Rating - hopefully a reflection of our long-standing commitment to diversity, accountability and transparency.   However, despite a...

Thank you to Rhymes for Good Admit it.You've been waiting...For Foundation Practice Rating!Yes! It's deeply captivatingThere’s no need for hesitating.Data's so illuminatingAnd we dare say -- liberating!

This Tuesday saw the publication of a well-considered new report from the Grant Givers Movement (GGM) – a collection of young and committed staff in grant-making organisations – examining concepts of ethics and how they play out in philanthropy. In particular, they...

Reflections from Danielle Walker Palmour We were invited by IVAR (Institute for Voluntary Action Research) to a meeting of a range of collaborations, networks and commentators focused on supporting the improvement of funder practice. This included me for the...

First covered in the Association of Charitable Foundations Funders Collaborative Hub, this blog explores our approach to working together with other organisations on this project. The foundation sector has shown some remarkable strengths during the Covid-19 pandemic,...

The Foundation Practice Rating has launched! Following the July 2021 article in Alliance, the initiative to research and rate UK grant-making foundations on their accountability, transparency and diversity is now in the field. The Foundation Practice Rating research...