London Funders is the membership organisation of funders and investors in London’s voluntary and community sector (VCS). Its mission is to strengthen and support funders to better meet the needs of Londoners.

London Funders provides funders with an opportunity to share and learn from each other's practice, and helps to forge productive relationships which contribute to the wider benefit and overall sustainability of London‘s VCS.

 

We bring funders together to:

• Share knowledge about social issues in London and keep up to date with social change
• Increase understanding of current funding and policy trends
• Identify and encourage best practice in grantmaking or investing to support and strengthen the voluntary and community sector
• Get to know each other better and work intelligently together
• Improve efficiency and increase leverage on investment
• Promote innovation in funding
• Be a channel for dialogue between funders and the third sector in London.

At the heart of our plans is a commitment to activity which will bring solid and tangible outcomes for our members. To benefit the voluntary and community sector – and, therefore, to benefit London’s communities – we want to help develop better informed funders and investors making better decisions.

How to join: for more information on membership criteria and benefits please see the membership section of this website or contact our Network Development Manager, Yvonne Schwartz on 020 7255 4488.

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