It’s not a groundbreaking revelation that staff wellbeing and burnout are huge challenges our sector is facing right now, and the sector-wide lack of investment in professional development has a lot to answer for. 

Our Associate Advisor Charly makes the case that greater investment in your grantmaking team = greater impact for your organisation, and beyond.

While philanthropy and football may seem worlds apart, I’ve started thinking about the many similarities that can provide valuable lessons for those in the philanthropic sector. I for one, am always learning about the essential elements of football that can inspire and inform effective philanthropy.

Through the power of collective design, our fundraiser and grantmaker #FixTheFlow Fellows have imagined the future of our philanthropic funding system, and we should all listen carefully.

In the coming months, our Associate Carli is exploring the complexities of social innovation and will share her learnings, insights, and questions with you.

I.G.’s CEO Emily shares some of the mistakes and challenges she found during her leadership journey, and what she learned and will share in I.G.’s new Leadership Lab.

I’m expected to show up as a leader, but don’t feel like a leader. Introducing Impact & Grow: A Leadership Lab.

Leveraging Limited Funds For Humanitarians: Insights from the 2024 #HX24 conference, organised by Save the Children UK and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy.

Social enterprises have a particularly interesting relationship with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) as they need to capture both the financial and social/ environmental impact of their work, and speak to a wide range of potential funders and investors. Caitlin McLoughlin chatted to Abhinav Khanal, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Bean Voyage, to explore this further.

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A round up of everything the I.G. team did in 2023!

Introducing a new, dedicated funders stream to I.G.’s #FixTheFlow Fellowship! We’re accepting applications until 17th November (for a 2024 start). Join our movement at fixtheflow.org

Join us for one (or all!) our eight workshops in our Autumn Training Series, where we will cover some of the trickiest topics facing fundraisers today.

What does meaningful and effective learning actually mean in practice?