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ACF launch Foundation Giving Trends 2019

We are pleased to share the Foundation Giving Trends 2019

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10th October 2019

We are pleased to share the Foundation Giving Trends 2019 from the Association of Charitable Foundations, supported by Pears Foundation.

The data shows grantmaking has increased by 9.9% (with Wellcome Trust data excluded) and the estimated total of £6.5 billion annual grants, made across the universe of charitable foundations, demonstrates their immense value as a vehicle for promoting social good.

You can read more in the full report available for download here.

Christmas Gifts 2019: bringing people together to promote well-being

The Christmas Gifts are our way to mark the festive season, each year the trustees identify a number of small, community based organisations to receive a surprise seasonal boost.

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Christmas Gifts 2018

Promoting well-being through engagement with nature

New Beginnings for new arrivals

To mark Refugee Week 2017, Kari has written a blog about our work with the New Beginnings Fund.

Christmas Gifts 2017

A seasonal boost for young carers

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Celebrating the Pears Youth Fund on Yorkshire Day

This Yorkshire Day, we wanted to celebrate the third year of partnering with Leeds Community Foundation to deliver the Pears Youth Fund.

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Launch of NHS70 Youth Social Action Campaign: Empowering Young People in Health and Social Care

We are excited to attend the Launch NHS70 increasing opportunities for young people to make a difference.

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“A Jew and a Muslim walk into a Hub in West Hampstead . . .”

This month marked a special occasion in which we welcomed the Aziz Foundation to JHub.

Shoshana Boyd Gelfand

Pears Youth Fund is open for applications

Pears Youth Fund, in partnership with Leeds Community Foundation, is now open!

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Pears #iwill Fund: Increasing opportunities for young volunteers in NHS Trusts

We are excited to announce that we are now inviting targeted expressions of interest for funding.

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#iwill Week – Young people participating in social action have higher life satisfaction

Today marks the launch of the headline findings from the third National Youth Social Action Survey.

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The Pears Project – The Scout Association’s National Growth Pilot

As the Pears Project enters its third year we welcome Ben Powlesland from The Scout Association as our guest blogger.

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Put your mask on: what I learned as part of an action-learning set

Kawika Solidum, Director of Communications at Step up to Serve, reflects on his Action Learning Set experience

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Welcome to our new website

Welcome to our new website!

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Women and Girls on the autism spectrum, Autism Awareness Week with the National Autistic Society

To mark Autism Awareness Week, we are thrilled to welcome guest blogger, Carol Povey, Director of the Centre for Autism…

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Supporting and Celebrating Student Social Action

To celebrate Student Volunteering Week we welcome our guest blogger Sara Fernandez from Student Hubs.

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Pears Scholars in the press

This blog features an article written by Susan Goodman for the Jerusalem Report, January 2018

Integrated Education Fund receive Nobel Peace Prize nomination!

Congratulations to IEF

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