Opening Philanthropy

Reflecting on the first open philanthropy fund which was conducted by a major charity/philanthropy research organisation, New Philanthropy Capital.

The fund was centred on financial hardship, and a participatory panel distributed £500,000+ to a variety of organisations across the UK.

Disclaimer: Rob was involved with this as a member of the participatory panel

Social Movement Solidarity

Discussion around Grassroots international’s work and there support of social movements across the global south.

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How moving money alone is not enough, it needs to be used to empower.

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40 year anniversary of Grassroots international this September

Grassroots international

Reciprocity’s Social Safety Net

How people who have very little take care of each other, a kind of social safety net woven from threads of reciprocity. Aquanetta calls it “the Black tax.” Tithing in Christian Churches and Judaism may be related. Barn raising, quilting bees, husking bees in the American pioneer experience. Even bridal showers and baby showers today. Remittances across borders from immigrants to family back home, too. Extended family loan funds in Asian Indian communities in the US to help fund motels without relying on banks. To me these are the heart of Caritas. Charity as love circulating within a closed community.

Mutual aid within vulnerable communities

Bridging the Racial Wealth Gaps

TBF's Business Equity Fund which provides low-cost loans or stock investments in Black- and Latino-owned businesses in the region in an effort to bridge the region’s racial wealth gaps.

Educating Financial Advisers

Educating financial advisers in Omaha, upon Warren Buffet’s request - see article.

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Connects with recent developments in UK philanthropy; Danny Kruger MP, Co-Chair of the APPG for Philanthropy and Social Investment has asked FCA Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi if he is prepared to take action on a curricula for providing philanthropy and effective giving advice by financial advisors and Nikhil has agreed to look into this and provide a response. See video attached for recording

Mark Weber

Cooperation UK: A Community Led Project

Bringing together the community of Hull, through people’s assemblies and a variety of other community led practices.

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Cooperation UK - Arthur Harding

Translating meaning across the Family

An innovative approach to integrating philanthropy across family offices, designed and implemented by Asa (Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships at Unicef)

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Boosting Philanthropy

How the beacon collaborative have been working to increase the amount of philanthropy in the UK.

Sarah Hughes - Collab with Pauline’s org in france? Research if there are global orgs doing similar things, bring them together and facilitate group discussion? If successful, create an international consortium of increasing philanthropy?

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Rotaract Women in Need - India

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Azima hearing thing pakistan

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Coco - africa?

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Amy blackwell

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Bringing together Impact

The formation of a Scotland wide impact investing symposium, bringing together wealth managers, family offices, academia, and those in the impact world into one place.

Social Impact Infrastructure

Peter provides a variety of infrastructure support to social impact orgs globally

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using soil to prevent climate change

Karen has lots of research into how big of an impact soil has on the environment and how it can be used to combat against climate change, she also has side project that empower women

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Possible people talk to message about projects

Mano Ramakrishnan - Climate writer, worked in many sectors before

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Possible people talk to message about projects

Joelle Chen - Head of sustainability Asia, based in Singapore

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Possible people talk to message about projects

Aljosa Popovic- works in Riyadh, writes articles on environmental achievements in the city

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Largest electric ferry ever is in south America?

largest ever electric ferry is being built to go from Argentina to Uruguay, what challenges have they faced and why have they decided to build it in the first place?

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Mossy earth Expo

Mossy Earth take on projects across the world to re-wild ecosystems, completely with donations and there own initiatives

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Providing E-Bikes to countries you may not of heard of

Spiro are providing E-Bikes to Benin and Togo, two countries in Africa, why are the doing this and what impact can it have?

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Quantexa, IBM and the NHS?

Qauntexa and IBM are joining forces to make a new software for the NHS to better streamline it and store their vast amount of data. Is there a potential advisory board that can be spoken to?

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Promoting Female Entrepreneurs in Africa

The Future is Female Mentorship Program, advice and funds for female Stem entrepreneurs in Africa why is this important and how has it managed to get the company backers that is has?

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Coastline repair project in Cambodia

very important project nothing been done anywhere near this scale in Cambodia before, have the governments LinkedIn, which i will put in useful links, to ask for comments.

Seafarers welfare new Zealand

new welfare and rights for workers in new Zealand marine industry, Australia trying to follow suite -find someone and talk to them about who to translate a project across cultures, and the barriers they’ve faced

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Socio-Economic development company in south Africa

Coega Development, based in Nelson Mandela Bay, why are they doing it and how are they finding funding?

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Nuclear Waste Disposal in Japan

Government want to release some of the countries nuclear waste into the sea Scientist say its safe, but public seem to be against. Try to find an organisation that is trying to tackle it or something to do with it!

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Epic-Africa

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