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Reflections on the pilot phase: Birmingham’s Economic Justice Action Network
The Birmingham Economic Justice Action Network is moving on from its pilot phase. Anna Garlands from Huddlecraft reflects on how it provides the space for alliance building, learning, developing…
Connect Fund Reflections: Running the Participatory ‘Gathering Ideas Fund’
This is the first blog in a mini-series of blogs sharing the learning from the Connect Fund.
National Lottery Community Fund and Barrow Cadbury Trust award COVID 19 emergency response funding to almost 200 migrant and refugee sector organisations
Responding to a fast deteriorating situation in the migration and refugee sector, in July Barrow Cadbury Trust partnered with The…
Giving Voice to Women Convicted Under Joint Enterprise
Barrow Cadbury’s Criminal Justice Programme is committed to prioritising the voices of girls and women with direct experience of the…
Trustees in the time of COVID
This week is #TrusteesWeek. This is an annual event to highlight the great work of trustees and the opportunities which…
How can small charities be heard? Influencing social change in the current context
Katie Turner, Deputy Head of Research at IVAR writes about the social change role of small charities in this blog…
What are the origins of BCT’s endowment?
A statement from Erica Cadbury, Chair of Barrow Cadbury Trust The killing of George Floyd in the US, together with…
Building inclusive community alternatives to the low wage, low value economy
Clare Payne, Economic Justice programme consultant for Barrow Cadbury Trust, charts the programme’s eight-year journey and its future course. Over…
Social care, Micro-enterprises, and inclusive local economies
The blog below is co-written by New Economics Foundation and Community Catalysts Public understanding of social care is low. Many…
Let's build back better
“Come and talk to us about how we build on the amazing strengths of the sector and address the weaknesses…
Survival, leadership and accountability
A commitment to prison reform was an enduring focus of Barrow and Geraldine Cadbury's work. As a trust, we have…
The road ahead – charting a course towards gender equality
How far we have come on gender equality and what is still left to do? In Barrow Cadbury Trust’s centenary…
Marriage Equality and LGBTI Rights in Ireland
As LGBT History Month, with the theme 'What have we learned?', draws to a close, this blog comes from Denise…
What can foundations do about climate change?
For our centenary year, the Barrow Cadbury Trust is asking some of our colleagues and partners to write blogs for…
Cultivating Local Inclusive Growth In Practice
This blog by Charlotte Morgan was originally posted on the New Local Government (NLG) website. Is a growing economy something…
100 years of the Barrow Cadbury Trust
This year is our centenary. For the last hundred years our work has reflected the social and political challenges of…
Out of sight, out of mind: where are the invisible girls?
Jessica Southgate, Policy Manager at Agenda for Women and Girls at Risk, blogs about its new campaign. This blog was…