Anand Shukla, chief executive of the Henry Smith Foundation, and Emma de Closset, chief executive of UK Community Foundations, discuss their thoughts, feelings and reflections on their new partnership and the expansion of the care leavers’ programme so far; the benefits of multi-year funding; the importance of creativity in grantmaking; the role of community foundations and the future of place-based philanthropy in the UK.

A new episode of the Civil Society Podcast has been published today, featuring an interview with Lily Caswell, head of retail and volunteering, and Jo Turner, chief executive of Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity

James Blake, CEO of the Youth Hostels Association (YHA), talks to the Civil Society Podcast about the impact of Covid on the charity, the broader impact of government cuts on the third sector and the short and long term aims of YHA going forward.

Nicole Sykes, director of policy, comms andresearch at the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales, talks to the Civil Society Podcast about the financial challenges facing small charities, the role offunders in supporting them and reasons to be optimistic about the years ahead.

In this interview, Olivia Barker-White, chief executive and co-founder of Kids Club Kampala, discusses the challenges of running a small NGO, her advocacy work for other small charities, and the effects of the recent foreign aid cuts on charities like hers...

In this interview, Neil Heslop, chief executive of the Charities Aid Foundation, talks to Civil Society about the changing landscape of the charity sector, advocating for disability rights and the role of philanthropy...

To mark the one-year anniversary of the Women in Charity Network, Emily Moss is sitting down with its foudners, Harriet Edwards and Laura Williamson, to discuss its brilliant work encouraging more women to take up senior roles across the sector.

In this new podcast episode, Debbie Weekes-Bernard, London’s deputy mayor for communities and social justice, outlines what the Mayor of London's office is doing to help the charity sector and what it’s looking for in the upcoming Spending Review.