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We are working towards a better world by championing charities and the amazing people who support them.

Gift Aid Emergency Relief

We are campaigning to help charity supporters give more, and to better support our amazing charities meet the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis.

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OUR PASSION

We are champions for charity, campaigning for a better world. We work to influence government policy makers and create a positive environment for charities and the people who support them. We lead on the global Giving Tuesday campaign for the UK. Our work with local councils and community groups is Growing Local Giving and our Groundwork for Global Giving campaign is building a stronger civil society across the world. Our Future:Good campaign aims to ensure new technologies and social trends have a positive impact on the future giving.

Our latest campaign, with a collaboration of charities and #NeverMoreNeeded, is to grow Gift Aid to give more support for charities struggling from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Latest Briefings

Giving civil society the right response

We examined national policy responses to supporting philanthropic giving and civil society in the context of the pandemic and discovered government responses varied widely and some used the pandemic to silence critics.

European policy responses to Covid-19

How are governments reacting in the light of the Covid-19 crisis?

A COVID-19 philanthropy stimulus package

In this briefing we outline a number of immediate and medium term policy measures we believe should be taken to support charities at this difficult time.

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Place-based giving

We believe the time is now to look again at philanthropy, not only as a route to financial investment, but also as a way of reconnecting people with places and spaces.

Visit our place-based giving hub

Groundwork for growing giving across the world

With as many as 2.4 billion people set to join the world’s middle classes by 2030 we want to transform their communities through giving.

Building a thriving global civil society

Gift Aid Emergency Relief

We are campaigning to help charity supporters give more, and to better support our amazing charities meet the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a global campaign asking people to give their time, money and voice to charity. We run Giving Tuesday in the UK.

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Influencing Government

We work with governments and all those who are interested in charities to encourage giving, and help charity and social enterprises to flourish.

Find out how we work together

Future:Good

We are campaiging for technology from Artificial Intelligence to Blockchain to transform charities and become a huge force for good.

Discover Future:Good

latest comment and insight from our blogs

Read our insights into giving and our thoughts on how developments in society and technology can open up new opportunities for doing good.

Our think-tank, Giving Thought, is where we consider the key challenges facing civil society, explore how and why people and companies give, and test radical new ideas that could shape the future of charity. Our Public Affairs blog will keep you up to date with our views.

25 June 2020

Philanthropy and the Sins of the Past : Statues, Slavery & Tainted Donations

Recent controversies over statues with links to the UK's history of colonialism and slavery have led to a renewed focus on how we face up to problematic elements of the past. What does this mean for philanthropy?
12 June 2020

Black Lives Matter - CAF Statement

Read our statement, published today by Michael Mapstone, Executive sponsor of CAF’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
10 June 2020

What role can giving and philanthropy play working for a more fair and equal society?
We need to look at ourselves and the sector we work in as a whole with a critical eye, and strive to do whatever we can to be supportive of the cause of racial equality and justice. Read our comment and hear excerpts of discussions with BAME colleagues on the challenges of racial justice in philanthropy.
9 June 2020

Changing course to weather the storm

How place-based giving schemes have adapted under COVID-19.