Our commitment to flexible funding.
nnnnCounty Durham Community Foundation wants to be more open and trusting in our grant-making. So with more than 100 other funders, we have signed up to Flexible Funders project with the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) to work on this.
nnnnWe think now is the perfect time for positive change in UK grant-making.nThe groups we fund have shown time and again how responsible and effective theynare at easing poverty and enriching lives.
nnnnTo achieve this positive change, funders, charities and their partnersnwill all need to be persistent, determined and in it for the long term.
nnnnIVAR have written the blog below about the past year, and what has beennlearned so far:
nnnnChange is urgent: A year of open and trusting grant-making
nnnnSharon Gollan, Senior Donor Services & Programme Manager for thenFoundation, said: “We get really good feedback from the groups that we fund whonsay our forms are simple and the team is helpful. But we are always keen tonlearn more and do better, and that is why we have joined the IVAR project andnsigned up to the eight commitments.
nnnn“This doesn’t mean we will always get it right, but it does mean we willnalways do our best.
nnnn“We have huge respect for the groups we fund and know how hard it is tondo what they do. All we want to do is make life easier for them and knock downnany barriers that get in the way of applying for our funding programmes.”
nnnnThe eight commitments County Durham Community Foundation hasnsigned up to are:
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- Don’t Waste Time nnnn
- Ask Relevant Questions nnnn
- Accept Risk nnnn
- Act with Urgency nnnn
- Be Open nnnn
- Enable Flexibility nnnn
- Communicate with Purpose nnnn
- Be Proportionate n
